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Thompson unveils new effort to expand Public Health Service corps

Emergency Management Alert, July 9, 2003

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson hopes to revamp the agency's Public Health Service Commissioned Corps into a well-trained team that can respond to emergency health situations nationwide.

As part of the effort, the Commissioned Corps will do the following:

* Create scholarships to recruit as many as 1,000 nurses and 100 physicians per year to work in medically underserved areas

* Recruit at least 275 new officers to support the Indian Health Service by September 30, 2004

* Improve and expand training and deployment of Public Health Service officers into areas where primary care services are lacking

* Have the Commissioned Corps ready to deploy 100% of its personnel by the end of 2005

* Establish a ready reserve corps to supplement the efforts of the Commissioned Corps

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