Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division-AFHSD

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On Sept 11, we pause to honor the victims & brave heroes who answered the call on that tragic day. Let us carry their le...
09/11/2026

On Sept 11, we pause to honor the victims & brave heroes who answered the call on that tragic day. Let us carry their legacy forward by observing this National Day of Service & Remembrance. 🇺🇸

AFHSD’s Epidemiology & Analysis Branch met with the ’s Office of Surveillance & Epidemiology, within the Center for Drug...
09/09/2026

AFHSD’s Epidemiology & Analysis Branch met with the ’s Office of Surveillance & Epidemiology, within the Center for Drug Evaluation & Research, to evaluate data strengths, tackle shared challenges, and build opportunities for future collaboration. Together, we are advancing health surveillance to safeguard our military community and beyond.

Members of the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS) Branch recently represented AFHSD’s health surveillance mi...
08/19/2026

Members of the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS) Branch recently represented AFHSD’s health surveillance mission at the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) in Kissimmee, Florida! From networking with lab partners to expounding knowledge, the GEIS team—including Branch Chief U.S. Army Lt. Col. Brett Swierczewski (center), Deputy Chief June Early (second from right), Senior Data Analyst Marissa Hetrich (far left), Scientific Program Manager Kathleen Creppage (second from left), and Science Advisor Jessica Radzio-Basu (far right)—joined medical and research professionals from across the DoW. At , the GEIS team engaged with internal partners and other agencies to advance DoW-wide surveillance strategies and coordinate initiatives designed to reduce the impact of global infectious disease threats and safeguard warfighter readiness. Thank you to the team for your dedication to force health protection!

07/15/2026

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We hope you enjoyed Bug Week 2026! Day #4As we highlight the impact of arthropod disease vectors on readiness, we invit...
06/27/2026

We hope you enjoyed Bug Week 2026! Day #4

As we highlight the impact of arthropod disease vectors on readiness, we invite the DHA community (CAC holders) to explore the Walter Reed Arthropod Intelligence Threat Hub. https://wrair.health.mil/Biomedical-Research/Center-for-Infectious-Disease-Research/Entomology/Vector-One-Health-Informatics/

WRAITH is a comprehensive GIS platform that equips our public health and medical professionals with actionable surveillance data on mosquitoes, ticks, and other vectors. By integrating additional diverse data streams—from pesticide resistance testing to global disease reservoirs—this tool enables the complex geospatial analyses required to support proactive Force Health Protection decisions and maintain a medically ready force.

AFHSD celebrates Bug Week! Day #3Our Global Emerging Infections Surveillance Branch supports the testing of rare and em...
06/26/2026

AFHSD celebrates Bug Week! Day #3

Our Global Emerging Infections Surveillance Branch supports the testing of rare and emerging tick-borne diseases. This work is done by the Defense Public Health's Military Tick Identification (MilTICK) Program, DoW’s proactive solution to mitigate tick-borne disease risks. This free service provides comprehensive tick identification and pathogen testing, offers insight into individual treatment, and builds a strategic surveillance database to inform force health protection strategies. Use this link to learn more about the MilTICK program:
https://ph.health.mil/topics/entomology/kits/Pages/HumanTickTestKitProgram.aspx

AFHSD celebrates Bug Week! 🕷️🦟 Did you know that vectors are living organisms—like mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas—that tra...
06/24/2026

AFHSD celebrates Bug Week! 🕷️🦟 Did you know that vectors are living organisms—like mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas—that transmit infectious diseases to humans? To protect our Joint Force, the GEIS Febrile and Vector-borne Infections team supports surveillance of those front lines. The team helps track pathogens by linking acute febrile illness syndromes directly to the bugs that carry them. They also use data to map threat zones and evaluate safeguards. This , we are committed to keeping our military healthy and ready! 🛡️

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