Emergency Preparedness Resources
Our Emergency Preparedness Resources
We can help you
navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic with trainings, tools, and resources.
Meet ELI: The Emergency Law Inventory Tool for Volunteers
The Emergency Law Inventory (ELI) is a public
health informatics tool that provides clear, concise summaries of over 1,500
laws that impact volunteer participation in emergency activities in all 50
states, DC, and seven U.S. territories. The importance of volunteers as a critical disaster response asset cannot be underestimated. Meet ELI demonstrates
how to use the Emergency Law Inventory. The laws
are filtered by profession and jurisdiction so users can identify the
provisions most relevant to them. Learn more. To visit the Emergency Law Inventory, click on the link below. https://emergencylawinventory.pitt.edu/
Legal Interventions to Address the Zika Threat
Although specific to Zika, the information provided in this three part on demand series is relatable and transferable to COVID-19. Participants will learn to articulate strategies, especially those with legal implications, to combat the threat posed by viral outbreaks. Learn more
Although specific to Zika, the information provided in this three part on demand series is relatable and transferable to COVID-19. Participants will learn to articulate strategies, especially those with legal implications, to combat the threat posed by viral outbreaks. Learn more
Pandemic Policies & Practices Recorded Webinar Series | Learn more
The Pandemic Policies and
Practices Recorded Webinar Series is a recorded series of discussions of relevant and
thought-provoking ethical issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Conversation about Ethical Issues Arising with Use of Telemedicine during This Pandemic
A Conversation about Lives and Livelihoods—Evaluating What’s at Stake in Reopening
A Conversation about Legal Liability, Immunity, & Retaliation during the Pandemic
A Conversation about Preparing for COVID-19 in the Obstetric Context
A Conversation about the Ethical Challenges of COVID-19 in Rural Areas
A Conversation about the Ethical Concerns of People with Disabilities
A Conversation on Allocating Scarce COVID-19 Medications—The Case for Increasing Disadvantaged Groups’ Access
A Conversation on Allocating Scarce Resources
Risk, Crisis, and Emergency Communication Video Training Series
This series covers eight topics related to risk and crisis communication
during public health emergencies. Viewers will learn how to develop and
disseminate message content in crises and emergencies using press releases,
message maps, and social media. Learn more
Science and Law: Navigating through COVID-19 – recorded webinar
COVID-19
is a highly infectious coronavirus that jumped from an animal host to
humans in late 2019 and subsequently became a pandemic. How did
coronaviruses make the leap from animal to human? How is COVID-19
transmitted? What legal and policy interventions are in place to
‘flatten the curve’? With so much information scattered over the
internet, where can a repository of reliable data and information on
COVID-19—such as transcribed case information that has emerged since the
outbreak—be found? Join faculty experts in the fields
of biology, medicine, law, and informatics from the University of
Pittsburgh School of Public Health and School of Medicine to
explore COVID-19 from their unique perspectives. Learn more
Other Emergency Preparedness Resources
American Public Health Association | COVID-19 Conversations Webinar Series Learn more
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Learn more
Coronavirus Self-Checker Learn more