The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center: enhancing the Military Health System's public health capabilities

Since its establishment in February 2008, the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) has embarked on a number of initiatives and projects in collaboration with a variety of agencies in the Department of Defense (DoD), other organizations within the federal government, and non-governmental p...

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Published inBMC public health Vol. 11 Suppl 2; no. Suppl 2; p. S1
Main Author DeFraites, Robert F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BioMed Central 04.03.2011
BioMed Central Ltd
Subjects
Armed forces
Disease control
Disease Outbreaks
Government Agencies
Health facilities
Health surveillance
Humans
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
Influenza, Human - epidemiology
Initiatives
Military
Military personnel
Military Personnel - statistics & numerical data
Pandemics
Population Surveillance - methods
Preventive medicine
Public Health
Review
United States
United States
United States > US
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Summary:Since its establishment in February 2008, the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) has embarked on a number of initiatives and projects in collaboration with a variety of agencies in the Department of Defense (DoD), other organizations within the federal government, and non-governmental partners. In 2009, the outbreak of pandemic H1N1 influenza attracted the major focus of the center, although notable advances were accomplished in other areas of interest, such as deployment health, mental health and traumatic brain injury surveillance.
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ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/1471-2458-11-S2-S1