New Report Urges Congress to Address Children’s Physical and Mental Health Care Needs in Planning for Future Pandemics and Disasters

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The Pediatric Pandemic Network highlights a Children's Hospital Association report urging Congress to prioritize children's unique physical and mental health needs in future pandemic and disaster planning. The report recommends strengthening pediatric disaster response infrastructure, expanding the pediatric workforce, ensuring access to child-specific medical supplies, and improving pediatric mental health services. It emphasizes lessons from recent crises like the "Tripledemic" and calls for the reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA).​

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Focus Area: Mental Health

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Child Health Services; Disaster Planning; Health Policy; Hospitals, Pediatric; Influenza, Human; Mental Health Services; Pediatric Nursing; Pediatrics; Respiratory Syncytial Viruses; Respiratory Tract Infections; Pandemics; Workforce; Strategic Stockpile; Medical Countermeasures

Institutions: Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN); Children's Hospital Association

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