Executive Branch: JOSEPH HENDERSON

JOSEPH HENDERS0N

Associate Director, Terrorism Preparedness and Response,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT

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Joseph Henderson has been busy since rejoining the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2002

First, it appeared that many of the CDCs terrorism-related programs might be shifted to the Homeland security Department. Congress eventually decided that DHS would fund two major C]DC programs-smallpox vaccinations and the Strategic National Stockpile of pharmaceuticals for use in the event of a biological or chemical attack. But the CDC continues to direct program operations.

Then came the national foot-dragging on smallpox vaccinations for health professionals. Although the Bush administration wanted 500,000 people vaccinated in case smallpox was used as a bioweapon, only about 40,000 got the serum that was distributed under the CDCs National Immunization Program.