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OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE (OPHPR)

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The Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR)’s mission is to strengthen and support the nations' health security to save lives and protect against public health threats. OPHPR has primary oversight and responsibility for all programs that comprise CDC's public health preparedness and response portfolio. Through an all-hazards approach to preparedness-focusing on threats from natural, biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological events-OPHPR helps the nation prepare for and respond to urgent threats to the public's health. PHPR carries out its mission by emphasizing accountability through performance, progress through public health science, and collaboration through partnerships.

CIO’s Web site link:  http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/about.htm

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