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The University of PittsburghCenter for Public Health Preparedness

The University of PittsburghCenter for Public Health Preparedness

Purpose: Trains professionals and students in public health and related organizations to respond to bioterrorism, infectious disease outbreaks, and other public health threats and emergencies.

A project of the CDC through cooperative agreement number U90/CCU3214238

The CenterThe Center

www.cphp.pitt.edu/upcphp

HousekeepingHousekeeping

• Cell Phones, pagers, etc.

• Schedule for the day

• Learning objectives

• Thanks

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• Catastrophic failure of a system of network typically requires the application of a heavy load to a weakened structure

• “Structure” may be physical or virtual

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ResilienceResilience

• People’s capacity to cope with stress and catastrophe

• The ability of an organization, resource, or structure to sustain the impact of a business interruption and recover and resume its operations

• How far a system can be perturbed before it collapses or is fundamentally altered