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Department of Health Services

Healthcare Disaster Planning Forum

Healthcare Coalition

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Local disasters are likely to create a surge of patients and causalities that overwhelm our healthcare system. Our local healthcare coalition for health and medical providers responding to disasters is a collaborative workgroup; we plan for mutual support during disasters.

Coalition Toolkit

Push Prophylaxis


Bay Area Mass Prophylaxis Working Group

Following the 2001 anthrax attacks, the federal government requested that all health departments in the United States develop plans to rapidly and safely provide medication to the public in the event of a public health emergency.