Webinar: When Every Drop Counts - States and Locals Respond to Drought

This year, the U.S. is facing the most extensive drought in more than 50 years, which is challenging many jurisdictions with drought-related health impacts for the first time. This webinar will showcase state and local government responses to previous droughts, including lessons learned in public health response, emergency management coordination and environmental health impacts. 

This is the second in a four-part series “Drought: When Every Drop Counts,” co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the American Public Health Association. Register today. 

Moderator:

George Luber, PhD
Associate Director for Climate Change, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presenters:

Tom R. Gonzales, MPH, REHS
“EH Response & Lessons Learned – Waldo Canyon Wildfire”
Environmental health issues and lessons learned during the wildfires in Colorado in 2012

Betsy T. Kagey, Ph.D.
“Drought in Georgia: Public Health Response”
The public health's response efforts and lessons learned during Georgia's historic 2007 drought

Charley English, GEMA
“Emergency Management and Drought”
Emergency management coordination efforts during severe drought, highlighting the State of Georgia's response to the historic 2007 drought 

Part 1 and other archived webinars are available online at http://www.apha.org/advocacy/reports/webinars/.