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2011 COCA Updates

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COCA provides subscribers information on current health issues and emerging threats. COCA Updates are disseminated biweekly. More frequent distributions occur when there is emergency information or CDC event-specific updates to share. On this page you will find all of the updates disseminated in 2011.

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2011 Updates

The Health Partners Outreach Team offers a variety of free tools and resources to help you enhance your knowledge of emergency preparedness and response:

CDC Health Partners Outreach Facebook page Real time updates, guidance, and situational awareness for public health partners on Facebook.
Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) Training Course on the fundamentals of CDC's Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication.
Selective National Assessment Profiles (SNAPS) Snapshots of state population data and local-level community profile information.
Risk CommunicatorQuarterly online newsletter providing guidance for emergency risk communication strategy

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