GAO: Public-health workforce shortage undermines ability to respond to outbreaks, other emergencies
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 A new US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report identifies a shortage of public health workers across multiple occupations and locations that restricts the ability to perform essential functions such as disease investigation and mitigation, hazard detection, and emergency response. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other organizations have taken actions (eg, job training and placement, better pay) to alleviate
