Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)

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The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) program is comprised of community-based units of trained public health professionals who serve as volunteers to respond to natural disasters. The MRC initiative is built on the concept that communities can help themselves by organizing volunteer resources from within to be able to provide accessible resources and personnel during times of an emergency or a disaster.

 

NALBOH has partnered with the National Medical Reserve Corps to increase awareness of the importance of public health preparedness at local and individual levels through the relationship of an MRC and a local board of health. Boards of health have the capacity to institute or recommend policy changes that can have a widespread impact on the health of a community. Through the governance of the local health agency, board members work to ensure that their communities are properly prepared to respond to health threats.

 

Together, NALBOH and MRC will increase boards’ knowledge and capacity to adequately promote, support, and sustain local MRC efforts. NALBOH continuously strives to lead activities and initiatives that promote integration between local boards of health and local MRC units, in order to strengthen the local public health infrastructure.

 

For more information about the MRC program, please click here.

 

 

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There are currently over 168,000 registered volunteers! To find out how you can become a part of your community's team, click here.