Vision
A cutting-edge, world-class Public Health capability that is lean, efficient, effective, forward leaning, strategically positioned to fully meet the MHS and Customer needs.
Mission
Our mission is to:
- Support the move from a health care system to a system of health by focusing on the prevention of disease, disability, and death in garrison and while deployed
- Create timely, standardized execution guidance, in collaboration with the Services
- Increase effectiveness and efficiencies (e.g., manpower and cost savings) through consolidation/re-engineering of functions
- Develop comprehensive portfolio management and DHA Public Health structure to best accommodate the integration and evolution of future product lines.
What We Do:
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Policy
Clarification of the Requirement for Continuation of Semi-Annual Reporting of
Results of Embedded Fragment Analyses
Policy
Policy memorandum about Deployment Limiting Mental Disorders and Psychotrophic Medications
Policy
A declaration of a public health emergency within the Department of Defense shall be immediately reported by the Military Commander through the chain of command to the Secretary of Defense...shall also be reported by the PHEO through the technical chain of command to...(3) The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch (AFHSB), which serves as the authoritative DoD agency for comprehensive medical surveillance and reporting of rates of diseases and injuries among DoD Service members and beneficiaries in accordance with DoDD 6490.02E
Policy
DoDI 6490.03, [replaces DoD Instruction 6490.3 "Implementation and Application of Joint Medical Surveillance for Deployments" and Under Secretary of Defense Memorandum, 22 APR 03 "Enhanced Post-Deployment Health Assessments"] This document implements policies and prescribes procedures for deployment health activities for Joint and Service-specific deployments. Contains information regarding DD2795, "Pre-Deployment Health Assessment"; DD2796. "Post-Deployment Health Assessment"; and DD2900, "Post-Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA)" requirements.
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