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International Health Stability Becoming New U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Priority
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... In a presentation titled “Providing International Security and Stability Through Health,” International Health Division (IHD) Director Dr. Warner Anderson explained that the division was formed about 18 months ago following a department directive (DoDD 3000.05) issued in late 2005 that elevated stability operations to the same level as warfighting in DoD planning. The division was also derived from a presidential directive (NSPD-44) issued at about the same time that requires DoD and other U.S. government agencies to be prepared to work closely together on international stability operations, including humanitarian relief and health-care reconstruction efforts.
Anderson said the backdrop for the directives was the unfulfilled expectation that the invasion and stabilization of Iraq would not take very long. “That clearly wasn’t the case and we’re still there,” he said. “3000.05 came out partly from the failure of the interagency to carry out the stability of Iraq. Early on in the planning, USAID (the U.S. Agency for International Development), the Department of Agriculture, DoD and the Department of State were involved, but the environment became too dangerous [for non-combat agencies] to stay and even difficult for U.S. soldiers to move around. So, this need for better interagency cooperation came out of it.”
The International Health Division focuses on developing global DoD health policies and research for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (ASD/HA). This work focuses on DoD’s international health Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction Operations (SSTRO); global Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR); and foreign medical capacity building missions...
... We conduct analyses, provide subject matter expertise and make recommendations to the ASD/HA, [geographic] Combatant Commanders and work closely with our allies. We [also] try to listen to NGOs [nongovernmental organizations], DoD’s Combatant Command surgeons, and our interagency [partners] so we’re not out there on our own. We [further] have the potential to work with [FHP&R’s Civil-Military Medicine directorate], and we share one employee to have visibility between the two divisions", Anderson said.”...
Read on at: http://www.health.mil/Press/Release.aspx?ID=913
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... In a presentation titled “Providing International Security and Stability Through Health,” International Health Division (IHD) Director Dr. Warner Anderson explained that the division was formed about 18 months ago following a department directive (DoDD 3000.05) issued in late 2005 that elevated stability operations to the same level as warfighting in DoD planning. The division was also derived from a presidential directive (NSPD-44) issued at about the same time that requires DoD and other U.S. government agencies to be prepared to work closely together on international stability operations, including humanitarian relief and health-care reconstruction efforts.
Anderson said the backdrop for the directives was the unfulfilled expectation that the invasion and stabilization of Iraq would not take very long. “That clearly wasn’t the case and we’re still there,” he said. “3000.05 came out partly from the failure of the interagency to carry out the stability of Iraq. Early on in the planning, USAID (the U.S. Agency for International Development), the Department of Agriculture, DoD and the Department of State were involved, but the environment became too dangerous [for non-combat agencies] to stay and even difficult for U.S. soldiers to move around. So, this need for better interagency cooperation came out of it.”
The International Health Division focuses on developing global DoD health policies and research for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (ASD/HA). This work focuses on DoD’s international health Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction Operations (SSTRO); global Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR); and foreign medical capacity building missions...
... We conduct analyses, provide subject matter expertise and make recommendations to the ASD/HA, [geographic] Combatant Commanders and work closely with our allies. We [also] try to listen to NGOs [nongovernmental organizations], DoD’s Combatant Command surgeons, and our interagency [partners] so we’re not out there on our own. We [further] have the potential to work with [FHP&R’s Civil-Military Medicine directorate], and we share one employee to have visibility between the two divisions", Anderson said.”...
Read on at: http://www.health.mil/Press/Release.aspx?ID=913
ENJOY!
CC
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