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Complications and care related to pregnancy, labor and delivery, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2001-2010 The three specific diagnoses that contributed to the largest increases in pregnancy-related medical encounters between the first and last 5 years of the period were history of cesarean delivery, gestational diabetes and advanced maternal age... Urinary stones, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2001-2010 Nearly thirty percent of medical evacuees for urinary stones reported urinary stone-related medical encounters within the previous two years... Uterine fibroids, active component females, U.S. Armed Forces, 2001-2010 Compared to those of all other race-ethnicities, black, non-Hispanic women had higher rates of uterine fibroids in every age group, and rate differences increased with increasing ages... Historical snapshot: Dr. Anna Baetjer, industrial hygiene pioneer, military occupational health advocate At the request of the Office of the Secretary of War, Doctor Anna Baetjer studied the health effects of military industrial work on women and recommended policies aimed at protecting the health of female workers... Brief report: Births, active component, 2001-2010 Women in the Marine Corps and Navy had higher total fertility rates than that the other services. Of note, 20-24-year-old Marines had much higher age-specific birth rates than their same-aged counterparts in the other services... Brief report: Numbers and characteristics of women in the active component, U.S. Armed Forces In 2011 compared to 1994, there were more than six times as many women among the highest ranking officers, more than 80 percent more women in the highest enlisted grade, and more than 60 percent more women in military service academies...

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DoD Influenza Surveillance Summary During the influenza season, the AFHSC produces a weekly summary of respiratory illness activity among US military health system beneficiaries, including both service members and their families. This summary report includes electronic, medical and lab-based surveillance data from the MHS as well as surveillance data from the DoD's overseas research laboratories and their partners. Influenza Detection Kit Helps Services Indentify Outbreaks Before They Start The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC), through its division of Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS), recently funded the development of two new kits cleared by the Food and Drug Administration that will increase the speed and accuracy of diagnosing influenza among military personnel in deployed settings... Annual HIV Update Routine screening for antibodies to HIV-1, civilian applicants for U.S. military service and U.S. Armed Forces, active and reserve components, August 2011. GEIS Annual Reports The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) was created to centralize Department of Defense (DoD) domestic and international healthcare surveillance efforts. The organization provides relevant, timely, actionable, and comprehensive health information and supports the military and military-associated populations. The Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS) at AFHSC promotes national and international preparedness for emerging infections while maintaining its focus on protecting the health of all DoD health care beneficiaries. Epidemiological Studies of Health Outcomes among Troops Deployed to Burn Pit Sites This summary report reflects background studies, environmental air sampling, and epidemiologic and analytic studies of short- and long-term health effects among troops deployed to several locations in the US Central Command Area of Responsibility where open burn pit operations were conducted.	DoD Influenza Surveillance Summary Influenza Detection Kit Annual HIV Update GEIS Annual Report Burn Pit Report

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DoD Influenza Surveillance Summary

During the influenza season, the AFHSC produces a weekly summary of respiratory illness activity among US military health system beneficiaries, including both service members and their families. This summary report includes electronic, medical and lab-based surveillance data from the MHS as well as surveillance data from the DoD's overseas research laboratories and their partners.

Influenza Detection Kit Helps Services Indentify Outbreaks Before They Start

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC), through its division of Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS), recently funded the development of two new kits cleared by the Food and Drug Administration that will increase the speed and accuracy of diagnosing influenza among military personnel in deployed settings...

Annual HIV Update

Routine screening for antibodies to HIV-1, civilian applicants for U.S. military service and U.S. Armed Forces, active and reserve components, August 2011.

GEIS Annual Reports

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) was created to centralize Department of Defense (DoD) domestic and international healthcare surveillance efforts. The organization provides relevant, timely, actionable, and comprehensive health information and supports the military and military-associated populations. The Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS) at AFHSC promotes national and international preparedness for emerging infections while maintaining its focus on protecting the health of all DoD health care beneficiaries.

Epidemiological Studies of Health Outcomes among Troops Deployed to Burn Pit Sites

This summary report reflects background studies, environmental air sampling, and epidemiologic and analytic studies of short- and long-term health effects among troops deployed to several locations in the US Central Command Area of Responsibility where open burn pit operations were conducted.

DoD Influenza Surveillance Summary Influenza Detection Kit Annual HIV Update GEIS Annual Report Burn Pit Report

Influenza Surveillance Summary and Reports

Weekly and annual influenza updates ...

Defense Medical Surveillance System (DMSS)

Database containing up-to-date and historical...

Installation Injury Reports

Injury related data of active duty U.S. service members based on...

DoD Serum Repository (DoDSR)

Specimens contained in the DoDSR are available to researchers...

Tri-Service Reportable Events

Achieves data consistency and standardization of...

Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS) Operations

Promotes, expands...

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