THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
Health and Medicine Division
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Committee on the Analysis to Enhance the Effectiveness of the Federal Quarantine Station Network Based on the Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Congressional Briefings
Thursday, June 9, 2022 – 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
via Zoom
on
Improving the CDC Quarantine Station Network's Response to Emerging Threats
This new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine assesses the role of the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) and the federal quarantine station network in mitigating the risk of onward communicable disease transmission in light of changes in the global environment, including large increases in international travel, threats posed by emerging infections, and the movement of animals and cargo. It identifies how lessons learned during COVID-19 and other public health emergencies can be leveraged to strengthen pandemic response. The report's findings and recommendations span five domains: organizational capacity, disease control and response efforts, new technologies and data systems, coordination and collaboration, and legal and regulatory authority.
These briefings were for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on June 10, 2022 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.