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Georgia's Health Alert Network (GAHAN)
Georgia’s Health Alert Network (GAHAN) is a secure web-based notification system used by the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) to quickly notify our key health care partners of disease clusters, outbreaks and other events of public health significance on a 24/7/365 basis. The GAHAN is intended for public health professionals such as the following: Epidemiologists, Physicians, Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Infection Preventionists, Hospitals, Long Term Care Facilities, Laboratories, First Responders, Healthcare Service Providers, State, Local, Tribal Emergency Management Agencies, and Law Enforcement.
Health Notification: Refers to the content of the health message, developed/distributed by DPH or CDC via email.
Categories of Health Alerts
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Health Alert: The highest level of notification conveying the most urgent request for action, and usually refers to an immediate threat to the community, and may require that immediate action be taken.
Health Advisory: A condition or an event that may not be a medical or public health emergency but conveys important information regarding a public health event, and may not require immediate action.
Health Update: Provides updated information regarding an existing incident or situation (i.e., follow-up to a previous Alert or Advisory); unlikely to require immediate action.
Health Info Service: Does not require immediate action; provides general public health information.
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Alert: Meningococcal Disease
- Posted: February 16, 2024
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Alert: Measles (Rubeola)
- Posted: January 17, 2024
Health Advisory
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Advisory: Adult and Congenital Syphilis
- Posted: July 19, 2024
Health Update
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Update: Varicella
- Posted: April 1, 2024
2022 Health Alert Messages
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2023
Health Advisory
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Advisory: Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
Posted: October 5, 2023
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Update: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
Posted: October 3, 2023
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2022
Health Advisory
Posted: May 31, 2022
Health Advisory
Posted: May 20, 2022
Health Advisory
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Department of Public Health Requests Reports of Suspect Measles Cases
Posted: Dec 22, 2022
Health Advisory
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Department of Public Health Requests Reports of Suspect Mumps Cases
Posted: Dec 15, 2022
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2021
Health Advisory
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Advisory: Enhanced Infectious Disease Surveillance During 2021 World Series
Posted: Oct 26, 2021
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2020
Health Update
UPDATED
Guidance for Clinicians to Report Possible Cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus
Posted: March 3, 2020
Health Update
(COVID-19)-
GUIDANCE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS OUTBREAK UNFOLDS
Posted: March 3, 2020
Health Advisory
Posted: Jan. 22, 2020
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2019
Health Advisory
Posted: Oct 16, 2019
If you are interested in viewing HANs distributed by CDC, please click the following link https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/
Page last updated 7/19/24