Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System Indian Ocean tsunami response

Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System Indian Ocean tsunami response

The Department of Defense (DoD) Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DoD-GEIS) identifies and addresses DoD vulnerabilities to emerging infections through a global network of partners. Following the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004, DoD-GEIS facilitated the DoD medic...

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Published in:Military medicine Vol. 171; no. 10 Suppl 1; pp. 12 - 14
Main Authors: Chretien, Jean-Paul, Glass, Jonathan S, Coldren, Rodney C, Noah, Donald L, Hyer, Randall N, Gaydos, Joel C, Malone, Joseph L
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Oxford University Press 01-10-2006
Subjects:
Antimicrobial agents
Armed forces
Collaboration
Communicable Disease Control - organization & administration
Disaster Planning - organization & administration
Disasters
Disease control
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Disease prevention
Drug resistance
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Global Health
Health surveillance
Host country
Humans
Indian Ocean
Indonesia
Infections
Infectious diseases
Medical laboratories
Medical Missions - organization & administration
Medical research
Military health care
Military Medicine - organization & administration
Population Surveillance
Public health
Relief Work - organization & administration
Tropical diseases
Tsunamis
United States
World Health Organization - organization & administration
Atlanta Georgia
Jakarta Indonesia
Southeast Asia
Indian Ocean
United States > US
Georgia
Thailand
Indonesia
Bangkok Thailand
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Summary:The Department of Defense (DoD) Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DoD-GEIS) identifies and addresses DoD vulnerabilities to emerging infections through a global network of partners. Following the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004, DoD-GEIS facilitated the DoD medical response and coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. DoD-GEIS partners in Southeast Asia (U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 2, Jakarta, Indonesia; and Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand) rapidly conducted health assessments and established surveillance for communicable diseases that threatened survivors. Preexisting collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and host countries was critical for the DoD-GEIS tsunami response.
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ISSN:0026-4075
1930-613X
DOI:10.7205/milmed.171.1s.12