Health Commissioner Allan on Capitol Hill

On May 20, Terry Allan, Health Commissioner at the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, testified at a hearing of the United States House of Representatives Government Oversight and Reform Committee on the resources and readiness of health departments to respond to an influenza pandemic.  Chairman of Government Oversight Committee Edolphus Towns (left) with Terry Allan (right). 

Click here  for written testimony from the hearing. 

Other testimony was provided by:

Dr. Daniel M. Sosin
Acting Director
Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Dr. Guthrie Birkhead
Deputy Commissioner for Public Health New York State Department of
Health

Dr. Rex Archer
Director of Health
Kansas City, Missouri KCMO Health Department

Dr. Paul Jarris
Executive Director
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)