Federal Register
In addition, people with SMI typically have co-morbid physical health situations and shorter life expectancies than individuals with out SMI, primarily as a result of co-occurring bodily health situations that too usually go unaddressed. Over the past decade, our Nation has renewed its efforts to handle large-scale incidents which have threatened human well being, such as natural disasters, illness outbreaks, and terrorism. Working with its Federal, State, native, tribal, and worldwide companions, HHS continues to support capacity-building efforts and strengthened linkages between authorities, nongovernmental organizations, and the personal sector. HHS is now guided by the primary National Health Security Strategy, a comprehensive framework for how the entire Nation must work together to protect individuals's health in the case of an emergency. HHS is working with its governmental and nongovernmental companions to strengthen primary and applied analysis, surveillance, diagnosis,