Webnar, tomorrow, March 30, 11: AM ET Strengthening the Supply Chain for US Pandemic Response: Strategies for Stockpiling, Surge Capacity, and Distribution

Webnar, tomorrow, March 30, 11: AM ET  Strengthening the Supply Chain for US Pandemic Response: Strategies for Stockpiling, Surge Capacity, and Distribution

Strengthening the Supply Chain for US Pandemic Response: Strategies for Stockpiling, Surge Capacity, and Distribution

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

11:00AM–12:00 PM ET

Join us tomorrow, March 30 at 11am (ET) for the Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Security webinar: Strengthening the Supply Chain for US Pandemic Response: Strategies for Stockpiling, Surge Capacity, and Distribution.

The length and intensity of the domestic COVID-19 response has exposed vulnerabilities in the domestic supply capacity for key products needed in a pandemic including personal protective equipment, lab supplies, needles and syringes, and key therapeutic compounds. While we still face supply challenges in our ongoing COVID-19 response, emerging lessons from both the private and public sector can inform new policies and practices that enhance domestic preparedness. Supporting a robust domestic manufacturing and distribution infrastructure for such products will ensure the US is more prepared for future pandemics.

Moderator:

·    Anita Cicero, JD, Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Opening Remarks:

·    Senator Van Hollen (D-MD)

Confirmed Speakers:

·    Tim Manning, Supply Chain Coordinator, White House COVID-19 Response Team 

·    Nicolette Louissaint, PhD, Executive Director and President, Healthcare Ready

·    Phyllis Arthur, Vice President, Infectious Diseases & Diagnostics Policy, Biotechnology Innovation Organization

·    Eric Toner, MD, Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

The moderated panel will be followed by a Q&A session. Congressional staff, other stakeholders, and media are invited.

Please share this invitation with others who may be interested. 

The non-partisan Steering Committee is sponsored and managed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and enjoys bipartisan leadership from Members of Congress in the House and Senate. The Committee holds monthly events focusing on lessons learned from responses to natural, man-made, and other complex public health emergencies, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, and explores ways to better mitigate and respond to future health crises.

Watch the February session: Data Driven Public Health Response to Pandemics: Maximizing Disease Surveillance, Genomic Sequencing, and Epidemic Forecasting.

For questions, please contact Marc Trotochaud at ***@***.***.

More information on the Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Pandemic Preparedness & Health Security.