Analytic Support of Emergency Response and Recovery for the Wide-Area Recovery & Resiliency Program (WARRP) Task 1: Medical Countermeasures Response

Abstract

Findings brief covering an assessment of the current process for distributing and dispensing medical countermeasures (MCM), including pills and vaccines, to an affected population. This assessment included identifying key gaps in the current process, an estimate of distribution and dispensing times associated with these processes including delivery or dispensing failure rates, the impact of delays, composition of population (trust of government, ability to follow directions, trust of medical treatment), impact of the physical pattern of delivery failure, an analysis of the various drug companies involved in the MCM supply chain and their capabilities/vulnerabilities to supply disruptions, and an assessment from an MCM point of view of the U.S. Government's capabilities to respond to multiple simultaneous attacks that would be consistent with a "reload" scenario.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 23, 2012
Accession Number
ADA570626

Entities

People

  • Michael Chervenic

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Emergencies
  • Families (Human)
  • First Responders
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Homeland Security
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Countermeasures
  • Medical Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Health
  • Public Health Emergencies
  • Side Effects
  • Supply Chain
  • Therapy

Readers

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  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology