Force Health

03/01/2013

FHP&R Psychologists Provided Disaster Mental Health Relief and Support to Victims of Hurricane Sandy:

FALLS CHURCH, VA -- The overwhelming damage and displacement caused by Hurricane Sandy’s destructive path through New York in late October was ameliorated somewhat by a large federal medical response that included contributions from two mental health policy analysts here in the U.S. Defense Departme...

02/13/2013

FHP&R's Dr. David Smith was the keynote speaker at the Armed Services Blood Program's 60th Anniversary and National Blood Donor Month Celebration. View the article below for more information.

The Armed Services Blood Program celebrates its 60th anniversary.

02/06/2013

The Military Health System is preparing for its 5th annual Remembrance Ceremony honoring fallen military medical personnel of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. To receive an invitation to the May 3rd event, family members are encouraged to forward updated contact information to [email protected]. Visit the MHS Remembrance Ceremony website for more information.

Remembrance Ceremony Dedicated to Fallen Military Medical Personnel of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom

01/03/2013

Check out our video about a three-month U.S. military Southern Command medical relief, civic assistance and disaster response training mission carried out in close collaboration with Peru.

11/09/2012

The U.S. Marines provided logistics and medical relief last month while working with a NGO on a humanitarian outreach mission into remote areas of Timor-Leste:

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11/08/2012

DoD international humanitarian medical relief and regional disaster preparedness training missions are building host nation and U.S. capabilities, while enhancing the military’s interagency and global partnerships:

Five years after a devastating 8.0-earthquake shook the southeast coast of Peru, killing 540 people, injuring more than 15,000 and displacing over 40,000, U.S. military medics and civil engineers returned to the region this summer to provide follow-on health care, civic assistance and disaster prepa...

09/28/2012

The 2012-2013 DoD/HA Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Guidance has been released:

09/27/2012

DoD-funded education and training resources on military culture and student veterans are available to campus personnel:

A relatively new study suggests that U.S. college campus student services and counseling centers might consider adopting training and education programs that better enable university personnel to provide psychological health services tailored to the unique experiences of student veterans.

04/26/2012

Recent DoD/NGO symposium emphasizes collaborative interagency approach to international health missions:

To advance the dialogue on ways to most efficiently combine the collective strengths of the U.S. Military Health System (MHS) with civilian agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in global humanitarian medical missions, a joint DoD-NGO ‘symposium of cooperation’ was convened at the U.S. I...

02/16/2012

Please visit FHP&R’s International Health Division for information and presentations on civil-military medical stability operations in Booth #30 from 7am-5pm Feb. 22-23 at the Global Civil Affairs Conference in Pinehurst, NC. For more information about the conference, please visit http://suggsgroup.com/foca.html or for information about the division: www.fhpr.osd.mil/intlhealth.

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02/15/2012

VA and DoD researchers are working together. Find out how the two agencies are investigating TBI and PTSD:

n recent years, collaboration has increased between Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD) researchers, especially in the areas of traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychological health topics.

05/11/2011

For news covering a range of DoD deployment health programs, such as a new
adenovirus vaccine to protect U.S. military recruits; DoD efforts to build
health sector capacity in Afghanistan; downrange psychological
health teams to help Service members manage operational stress;
and civic global medical efforts, please turn to 'FHP&R NEWS' at
www.fhpr.osd.mil.