Friday, June 9, 2023
6/9/2023
The Mississippi State Department of Health's (MSDH) mission is to promote and protect the health of the citizen's of Mississippi. The overall goal of the MSDH's planning and response program is to ensure sustained public health and medical readiness for our communities and our state against bioterrorism, infectious disease outbreaks, other public health threats, medical emergencies, and natural disasters. The MSDH plans to ensure rapid mobilization and response to Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) for public health emergencies in Mississippi. The MSDH plans to better accomplish earliest possible activation and management of emergency operations; identification and investigation of a response crisis; timely implementation of intervention and control measures; timely communication of risk and essential elements of information by partners; and timely coordination and support of response activities with healthcare and other partners. The MSDH plans to strengthen the following areas: Incident management for early crisis response, recovery, bio-surveillance, information management, countermeasure and mitigation, and surge management in Mississippi.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
