{"c9374286-f051-4a4a-a20b-da25d3c319ff": "<p>I. History and Purpose</p><p>In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (CDC/DHQP) funded the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) to create and Co-Chair the Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Antimicrobial-Resistant (AR) Pathogens (CORHA) and serve as Founding Members. HAIs including AR pathogens cause hundreds of thousands of illnesses and deaths among U.S. patients each year. Consistent and coordinated approaches are needed to speed up detection of new threats, develop tools to support outbreak investigation, stop outbreaks from spreading, and better inform prevention activities. The Council will work to ‘Build Capacity for Public Health and Healthcare to Improve Outbreak Detection, Response and Prevention.’</p><p>II. Mission</p><p>To improve practices and policies at the local, state, and national levels for detection, investigation, control, and prevention of HAI/AR outbreaks across the healthcare continuum, including emerging infections and other risks with potential for healthcare transmission.</p><p>III. Vision</p><p>Public health and healthcare collaborating effectively to protect patients and prevent harms from HAI/AR outbreaks.</p><p>IV. Membership in CORHA</p><p>Member Organizations include the following categories:<br />Founding Member Organizations are CDC/DHQP, ASTHO, CSTE and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). Founding member organizations form the CORHA Governance Committee (see Section V.2) and do not have membership term limits.<br />Stakeholder Member Organizations serve four-year terms on CORHA, and the Governance Committee votes to renew the four-year term of each member organization.<br />Federal Partner-Liaison Member Organizations include federal agencies invited to participate on CORHA in a non-voting member capacity. Federal Partner Liaison member organizations serve four-year terms on CORHA, and the Governance Committee votes to renew the four-year term of their membership.<br />Individual members of CORHA include the following categories:<br />Voting Members: Refers to the formal voting representatives identified by founding member organizations and stakeholder member organizations.<br />Non-voting Federal Liaisons: Refers to the primary and alternate representatives from Federal Partner Liaison Member Organizations (e.g., CMS, FDA)<br />Non-voting Workgroup Members: Refers to all workgroup members. Workgroup members should have an association with Founding Member Organizations, Stakeholder Member Organizations, or Federal Partner Liaison Member Organizations.</p>", "f394434c-cdd6-422c-857c-73fdb47ec55d": "CORHA Bylaws"}