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How is the U.S. Military Dealing with Zika?

6/7/2016ZIKA VIRUS, GLOBAL HEALTH ENGAGEMENT

The Defense Department is closely monitoring the spread of the Zika virus and is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assist in virus surveillance, response and research efforts. The department's highest priority is the health and safety of active duty service members, DoD civilians and their families, and the DoD has begun taking swift action to reduce exposure to this emerging disease.

Zika Virus and Pregnancy

Infographic

6/21/2016

Zika can cause certain birth defects. This infographic offers information to pregnant women about how to protect themselves from the Zika virus.

Zika Virus and Sexual Transmission

Infographic

6/21/2016

Zika virus can be spread by a man with Zika to his sex partners. This infographic provides tips for avoiding sexual transmission of the Zika virus.

DHA director outlines agency’s role in ‘global health engagement’

Article

6/21/2016

DHA Director Vice Adm. Raquel Bono speaks to attendees of the Global Health Strategies for Security Course at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in downtown Washington, DC. (Courtesy photo)

DHA Director Bono gives keynote address for global health strategies course

Related Topics: Health Readiness | Global Health Engagement

Air Force medics enhance skills, build relationships in Dominican Republic

Article

6/20/2016

Air Force Capt. Lauren Quirao, 506th Expeditionary Medical Operations operating room nurse, cleans Espinal Ledi’s arm in preparation for a bi-lateral carpal tunnel release surgery, at Rio San Juan hospital, Dominican Republic. Quirao is part of the tenth and final Medical Readiness Training Exercise or MEDRETE rotation during Exercise NEW HORIZONS 2016. Quirao is deployed from the 59th Medical Wing, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Chenzira Mallory)

New Horizons 2016 brings together U.S. military medical professionals and civil engineers who conduct readiness training exercises by delivering health care services to local communities in the Dominican Republic

Related Topics: Health Readiness | Global Health Engagement

Military Health System has strong commitment to international partnerships

Article

6/15/2016

The Defense Health Headquarters hosts a number of foreign liaison officers from partner nations. Left: Federal Defense Forces of Germany Col. Kai Schlolaut; Center: United Kingdom, Royal Navy Surgeon Capt. Stephen Bree; Right: Canadian Armed Forces Cmdr. Ian Torrie

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs is building international links across the world of military medicine by hosting foreign liaison officers from partner nations

Walter Reed scientists test Zika vaccine candidate

Article

6/10/2016

This photograph depicts a female Aedes aegypti mosquito, the species of mosquito primarily responsible for the spread of the Zika virus disease to people.

As mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus spread illness to people across the Americas and beyond, scientists at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research are moving quickly

Related Topics: Zika Virus | Mosquito-Borne Illnesses

Pacific Partnership 2016 arrives in Timor Leste

Article

6/9/2016

Sailors assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy demonstrate medical training procedures on a simulated patient.

While in Timor Leste, Pacific Partnership personnel will work side-by-side with civilian leadership from the Dili community and Timor Leste Defense Forces

Related Topics: Health Readiness | Global Health Engagement

Air Force continues to monitor Zika virus

Article

6/7/2016

As the potential for infected mosquitoes to reach the U.S. rises, the Air Force continues to closely monitor the emergence of Zika virus infection

Related Topics: Global Health Engagement | Zika Virus | Mosquito-Borne Illnesses

Optometry shines as focal point of La Blanca MEDRETE

Article

5/31/2016

$Air Force Capt. Amanda Duty, 42nd Medical Group optometrist, uses a mobile auto refractor to examine the eyes of La Blanca resident Rolando Rojas during Exercise BEYOND THE HORIZON 2016 GUATEMALA. After Rojas’s eyes were examined, he was given a pair of prescription glasses to correct his vision. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dillon Davis)$

The medical readiness training exercise is set to provide services to more than 6,000 local residents

USNS Mercy arrives in 7th Fleet for Pacific Partnership

Article

5/25/2016

Sailors assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam handle line as the hospital ship USNS Mercy moors at JBPHH. Mercy is deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2016.

Pacific Partnership began in response to the December 2004 tsunami that devastated parts of Southeast Asia

Navy public health experts support Pacific Partnership 2016

Article

5/19/2016

The hospital ship USNS Mercy departs Naval Base San Diego in support of Pacific Partnership 2016. Pacific Partnership is in its 11th iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Veloicaza)

A team of Public Health and Preventive Medicine experts began their five-month journey to conduct the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

Related Topics: Public Health | Global Health Engagement

DoD adds funding to enhance Zika surveillance by military labs

Article

5/18/2016

The Defense Department is providing $1.76 million in extra funding to military laboratories to expand Zika virus surveillance worldwide

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch funds studies on Zika virus

Article

5/13/2016

A mosquito habitat managed at the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS) laboratory in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch is allocating funding to several Department of Defense laboratories in the United States and overseas to conduct additional research and surveillance on the Zika virus.