Successes & Lessons Learned During Emergency Response

Karna team members, Adrienne Lefevre and Madison Walter-Garcia, together with Kimberly Hanson and Julia Smith-Easley of the CDC’s Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP), co-authored a recent publication titled, “Not your typical “historian”: Archiving successes and lessons learned during emergency response.”

The article elucidates how the historian’s role of archiving details of response efforts can help the international public health community to share lessons learned and contribute to lower morbidity and mortality among those affected by emergencies. The team worked with DGHP’s Emergency Response and Recovery Branch, and has been engaged with recent outbreak responses, including Zika and Ebola. This experience contributed both to the inception of the article and the work.

About DGHP

CDC’s Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP) works 24/7 to protect Americans from dangerous health threats around the world. Scientists and “boots on the ground” frontline responders help contain outbreaks overseas so they don’t reach our shores.