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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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Zika in the Americas: October 12, 2016

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10/12/2016

Biosurveillance Summary Provided by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch

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Department of Defense continues commitment to Global Health Security Agenda

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10/12/2016
Dr. Karen Guice, acting assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, addressed attendees on the second day of the 2016 Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Summit Sept. 14, 2016.

Department of Defense and other senior U.S. government leaders travel to the Netherlands to attend a summit on the Global Health Security Agenda

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Zika in the Americas: October 5, 2016

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10/5/2016

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Zika in the Americas: September 28, 2016

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9/28/2016

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Detecting and Reporting DoD Cases of Acute Zika Virus Disease

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9/21/2016

This document provides guidance for detecting and reporting DoD cases of acute Zika Virus Disease

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Zika in the Americas: September 21, 2016

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9/21/2016

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Zika in the Americas: September 14, 2016

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9/14/2016

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Zika in the Americas: September 7, 2016

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9/7/2016

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Global Influenza Summary: September 3, 2016

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Zika in the Americas: August 31, 2016

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8/31/2016

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H7N9: August 31, 2016

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Preventive medicine helps shape surveillance efforts to keep service members healthy

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8/30/2016
Colonel Loveless discusses with staff medical surveillance analysis that helps maintain force health protection and readiness among service members (Courtesy Photo)

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch is running a series featuring preventive medicine doctors and their work in public health. Army Lieutenant Colonel P. Ann Loveless is the Deputy Chief of AFHSB’s Epidemiology and Analysis section. She is a physician and holds a master’s degree in epidemiology. She reflects on how her preventive medicine training helps in her work:

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USU preventive medicine resident reflects on epidemiology rotation at AFHSB

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8/30/2016
Lieutenant-Commander Vincent Beswick-Escanlar, a recent graduate of the preventive medicine residency at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), presents a poster at its Research Days event.

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch is running a series featuring preventive medicine doctors and their work in public health. Lieutenant-Commander Vincent Beswick-Escanlar is a recent graduate of the preventive medicine residency at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). As part of the USU program, Beswick-Escanlar completed a five-week epidemiology rotation at AFHSB. He discusses how he can use his medical surveillance skills and training to promote health protection and readiness among military service members.

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Zika in the Americas: August 24, 2016

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8/24/2016

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Zika in the Americas: August 17, 2016

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