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Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch

Health Surveillance, Analysis and Insight for Action

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch (AFHSB) plays a critical role in force health protection. As the central epidemiologic resource for the U.S. Armed Forces, AFHSB conducts medical surveillance to protect all those who serve our nation in uniform and allies who are critical to our national security interests.

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Medical Surveillance Monthly Report

thumbnail image of several MSMRsThe Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR) is the AFHSB's flagship publication. The MSMR provides monthly evidence-based estimates of the incidence, distribution, impact, and trends of health-related conditions among service members. Additionally, the MSMR focuses one issue per year on the absolute and relative morbidity burden attributable to various illnesses and injuries among service members and beneficiaries.

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U.S. service member hospitalizations for mental health disorders drops to lowest level in seven years

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5/27/2016
Service Members mental health disorders

A new study shows the number of hospitalizations for active duty service members suffering from mental health disorders dropped to the lowest level in seven years.

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DoD adds funding to enhance Zika surveillance by military labs

Article
5/18/2016
This photograph depicts a female Aedes aegypti mosquito, the species of mosquito primarily responsible for the spread of the Zika virus disease to people.

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

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The HPV Vaccine Saves Lives

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5/16/2016
Infographic about the HPV vaccine

The Defense Department reccommends male and female military service members, ages 17-26 years, receive an HPV vaccine series to generate a robust immune response to the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV4).

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Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch funds studies on Zika virus

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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.

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Study Finds Strong Immune Response to HPV Vaccine Among Female Service Members

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5/11/2016

A new study of female service members that examined their immune response to a vaccine to combat the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer showed development of antibodies in 80 to 99 percent of recipients against each of the four strains of the disease.

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Rise of the bugs, and the DoD Biosurveillance Enterprise

Article
2/2/2016
String-like Ebola virus particles shed from an infected cell are seen here in this electron micrograph. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases photo)

Global Emerging Infections Surveillance, part of the Defense Health Agency’s Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch, keeps a watch for emerging infectious diseases

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Medical Surveillance Monthly Report: Volume 23, Number 5

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1/1/2016

Medical Surveillance Monthly Report

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Medical Surveillance Monthly Report: Volume 23, Number 6

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1/1/2016

Medical Surveillance Monthly Report

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Medical Surveillance Monthly Report: Volume 23, Number 7

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1/1/2016

Medical Surveillance Monthly Report

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Medical Surveillance Monthly Report: Volume 23, Number 4

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1/1/2016

Medical Surveillance Monthly Report

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Medical Surveillance Monthly Report: Volume 23, Number 2

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1/1/2016

A monthly publication of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch

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Medical Surveillance Monthly Report: Volume 23, Number 3

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1/1/2016

A monthly publication of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch

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Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center Annual Report

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12/15/2015

In this annual report, you will see that the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center continued to make significant strides in supporting public health surveillance for the Department of Defense to maintain the health and readiness of its forces, and contribute to the global health security of its allies.

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Quality immunization practices make for smooth flu seasons

Article
12/15/2015
Operations Specialist 2nd Class D'Lorah Pierce, from Washington, N.C. (left), receives a flu shot from Hospital Corpsman 1st Class German Cea, from Sacramento, Calif., aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence.

The Department of Defense strives to achieve 90 percent of total force immunized by Dec. 15 of each flu season

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International Ebola first responder lessons learned featured at Federal Health 2015

Article
12/3/2015
Defense Health Agency program analyst Brian Smith (right), and chief of Reserve and Service Member Support Services Jody Donehoo (center), watch a decontamination demonstration at the Air Force Medical Service and U.S. Public Health Services Ebola Response Partners exhibit during Federal Health 2015 in San Antonio.

International military and non-government medical experts who led the fight against the Ebola outbreak in 2015 shared the unique challenges, experiences and solutions at the Federal Health 2015 conference in San Antonio

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