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The Office of Health Affairs serves as the Department of Homeland Security's principal agent for all medical and health matters. Working throughout all levels of government and the private sector, the Office of Health Affairs leads the Department's role in developing and supporting a scientifically rigorous, intelligence-based biodefense and health preparedness architecture to ensure the security of our Nation in the face of all hazards.
While serving as the principal agent for all the Department's medical and health security matters, the Office of Health Affairs (OHA) also oversees the Department's biodefense activities; leads a coordinated national architecture for biological and chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) planning and catastrophic incident management; and ensures that Department employees have an effective occupational health and safety program.
OHA is led by Assistant Secretary of Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer Jon R. Krohmer, MD, FACEP and is comprised of the following primary offices:
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Biodefense Office
Component Services & Workforce Health Protection Office
International Affairs and Global Health Security
Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
Attn: Office of Health Affairs
Phone: 202-254-6479
This page was last reviewed/modified on August 4, 2008.