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Mutual aid agreements: essential legal tools for public health preparedness and response

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  • Stier, D.D.
  • Goodman, R.A.

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Mutual aid is the sharing of supplies, equipment, personnel, and information across political boundaries. States must have agreements in place to ensure mutual aid to facilitate effective responses to public health emergencies and to detect and control potential infectious disease outbreaks. The 2005 hurricanes triggered activation of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), a mutual aid agreement among the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Although EMAC facilitated the movement of an unprecedented amount of mutual aid to disaster areas, inadequacies in the response demonstrated a need for improvement. Mutual aid may also be beneficial in circumstances where EMAC is not activated. We discuss the importance of mutual aid, examine obstacles, and identify legal "gaps" that must be filled to strengthen preparedness.

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  • Stier, D.D. & Goodman, R.A., 2007. "Mutual aid agreements: essential legal tools for public health preparedness and response," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 97(S1), pages 62-68.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2006.101626_3
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.101626
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    1. Jieh-Jiuh Wang, 2013. "Post-disaster cross-nation mutual aid in natural hazards: case analysis from sociology of disaster and disaster politics perspectives," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 66(2), pages 413-438, March.

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