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Appendix E: Selected Department of Defense Entities with Relevant Programs
Pages 145-150

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From page 145...
... Research is multifaceted and covers the following disciplines: biological defense, infectious diseases (for example, rickettsial diseases) , combat casualty care, dental and biomedical research, directed energy bioeffects, environmental health, aerospace medicine, undersea medicine, tropical medicine, bone marrow donation, medical modeling, simulation and mission support, and war-fighter performance, as well as epidemiology and behavioral sciences.
From page 146...
... • U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya's activities include comprehensive regional monitoring for drug resistance in malaria and enteric pathogens, etiology identification of undiagnosed hemorrhagic fever, use of remote sensing in assessing risk from vector-borne diseases, and analyses of atypical transmission patterns throughout eastern Africa.
From page 147...
... Army Veterinary Service provides veterinary medical and surgical care, food and water safety, and biomedical research and development as well as military veterinary expertise in response to natural disasters and other emergencies in the United States and abroad. The Veterinary Service also provides food defense inspection for the army, navy, Marine Corps, and DOD agencies.
From page 148...
... the Online Preparedness Education Program, which provides health care professionals with current clinical information to enhance preparedness for a chemical, biological, radiation-nuclear, or explosive mass casualty incident; (2) the Online Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Portal; and (3)
From page 149...
... USAFSAM manages a surveillance program that includes global surveillance among 128 sites worldwide. Unique sentinel sites include activities at three DOD overseas medical research laboratories.
From page 150...
... forces, as well as enhancing the military medical capacities of partner nations and supporting basic medical care in partner countries, including responding to disasters. One important element of the force protection program is medical threat assessment, which includes strengthening systems for global surveillance and response to infectious diseases, such as those caused by biological pathogens.


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