The Rand Blog
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Although tensions over the coronavirus seem to be prompting China to isolate itself in terms of data sharing, the first coronavirus pandemic in 2003 actually helped open China to health collaborations with other countries.
National Center for Disaster Prepardness
JANUARY 19, 2022
Testimony to the House of Representatives Committee on Rules’ Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process for the Hearing: Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters. Testimony Submitted January 16, 2022. By: Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA.
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National Center for Disaster Prepardness
OCTOBER 26, 2023
In 2003, the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia University, was founded to provide an academically based, interdisciplinary center focused on the capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from disasters. and international disaster preparedness, response, and long-term recovery.
everbridge
JUNE 16, 2022
In short, a scaleable tool makes a difference, as does one specific to a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic. According to a study conducted by scholars Ian Mitroff and Murat Alpaslan in 2003, for instance, only 5 percent to 25 percent of Fortune 500 companies were prepared for a crisis.
National Center for Disaster Prepardness
OCTOBER 23, 2023
In 2003, the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia University, was founded to provide an academically based, interdisciplinary center focused on the capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from disasters. New York, the United States, and, indeed, the world was totally unprepared.
Emergency Planning
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009.
Emergency Planning
JUNE 20, 2020
Image: US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases In terms of its scope, Covid-19 is like no other disaster that has occurred in the last 100 years, since, in fact, the influenza pandemic of 1918-1920 killed more people than both world wars combined, and contributed to the end of the First World War. IRDR Report 2020-01.
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