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In the current Medical Surveillance Monthly Report...
"Military importance": what does it mean and can it be assessed objectively? Objective correlates of determinants of military importance may be useful to help prioritize and guide force health protection policy decisions, clinical practice initiatives, military medical research agendas, and the distribution of military medical resources... Absolute and relative morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries, U.S. Armed Forces, 2011 In 2011, substance abuse, mood, anxiety, and adjustment disorders accounted for 622 person-years of lost duty due to hospitalization, convalescence, and limited duty dispositions... Hospitalizations among members of the active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2011 As in prior years, in 2011 three diagnostic categories accounted for approximately one-half of all hospitalizations of active component members: mental disorders, pregnancy-related conditions and delivery, and injuries and poisonings... Ambulatory visits among members of the active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2011 In 2011, three major diagnostic categories accounted for approximately one-half of all illness- and injury-related ambulatory visits among active component service members: musculoskeletal system/connective tissue disorders, mental disorders, and signs, symptoms and ill-defined conditions... Surveillance Snapshot: illness and injury burdens among U.S. military recruit trainees, 2011

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DoD Influenza Surveillance Summary During the influenza season, the AFHSC produces a weekly summary of respiratory illness activity among US military health system beneficiaries, including both service members and their families. This summary report includes electronic, medical and lab-based surveillance data from the MHS as well as surveillance data from the DoD's overseas research laboratories and their partners. Influenza Detection Kit Helps Services Indentify Outbreaks Before They Start The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC), through its division of Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS), recently funded the development of two new kits cleared by the Food and Drug Administration that will increase the speed and accuracy of diagnosing influenza among military personnel in deployed settings... Annual HIV Update Routine screening for antibodies to HIV-1, civilian applicants for U.S. military service and U.S. Armed Forces, active and reserve components, August 2011. GEIS Annual Reports The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) was created to centralize Department of Defense (DoD) domestic and international healthcare surveillance efforts. The organization provides relevant, timely, actionable, and comprehensive health information and supports the military and military-associated populations. The Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS) at AFHSC promotes national and international preparedness for emerging infections while maintaining its focus on protecting the health of all DoD health care beneficiaries. Epidemiological Studies of Health Outcomes among Troops Deployed to Burn Pit Sites This summary report reflects background studies, environmental air sampling, and epidemiologic and analytic studies of short- and long-term health effects among troops deployed to several locations in the US Central Command Area of Responsibility where open burn pit operations were conducted.	DoD Influenza Surveillance Summary Influenza Detection Kit Annual HIV Update GEIS Annual Report Burn Pit Report

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DoD Influenza Surveillance Summary

During the influenza season, the AFHSC produces a weekly summary of respiratory illness activity among US military health system beneficiaries, including both service members and their families. This summary report includes electronic, medical and lab-based surveillance data from the MHS as well as surveillance data from the DoD's overseas research laboratories and their partners.

Influenza Detection Kit Helps Services Indentify Outbreaks Before They Start

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC), through its division of Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS), recently funded the development of two new kits cleared by the Food and Drug Administration that will increase the speed and accuracy of diagnosing influenza among military personnel in deployed settings...

Annual HIV Update

Routine screening for antibodies to HIV-1, civilian applicants for U.S. military service and U.S. Armed Forces, active and reserve components, August 2011.

GEIS Annual Reports

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) was created to centralize Department of Defense (DoD) domestic and international healthcare surveillance efforts. The organization provides relevant, timely, actionable, and comprehensive health information and supports the military and military-associated populations. The Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS) at AFHSC promotes national and international preparedness for emerging infections while maintaining its focus on protecting the health of all DoD health care beneficiaries.

Epidemiological Studies of Health Outcomes among Troops Deployed to Burn Pit Sites

This summary report reflects background studies, environmental air sampling, and epidemiologic and analytic studies of short- and long-term health effects among troops deployed to several locations in the US Central Command Area of Responsibility where open burn pit operations were conducted.

DoD Influenza Surveillance Summary Influenza Detection Kit Annual HIV Update GEIS Annual Report Burn Pit Report

Influenza Surveillance Summary and Reports

Weekly and annual influenza updates ...

Defense Medical Surveillance System (DMSS)

Database containing up-to-date and historical...

Installation Injury Reports

Injury related data of active duty U.S. service members based on...

DoD Serum Repository (DoDSR)

Specimens contained in the DoDSR are available to researchers...

Tri-Service Reportable Events

Achieves data consistency and standardization of...

Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS) Operations

Promotes, expands...

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