Timely, Relevant, Comprehensive and Actionable Health Surveillance

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division is the central epidemiologic health resource for the U.S. military. We conduct medical surveillance to protect those who serve our nation in uniform and allies who are critical to our national security interests. AFHSD is a division within DHA’s Public Health.

AFHSD is organized into four branches: Data Management and Technical Support, Epidemiology and Analysis, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance, and Integrated Biosurveillance. 

We maintain a presence at three service public health centers for Army, Navy, and Air Force — the Defense Centers for Public Health – AberdeenDCPH-A, Defense Centers for Public Health – DaytonDCPH-D, and Defense Centers for Public Health – PortsmouthDCPH-P.

Learn how our health information analysis supports worldwide disease surveillance and public health activities to improve the U.S. military’s Force Health Protection mission. 

Purpose

To Protect the Total Force from “All Hazard” threats via actionable health surveillance information and support.

Goals

• Be flexible, responsive and predictive to our customers
• Provide early warning capability of global “All Hazard” threat assessment specific to our customers
• Inform risk management decisions across the health surveillance enterprise

Explore our health surveillance resources to learn how to utilize our data applications, systems and the ways our health information analysis supports worldwide disease surveillance and public health activities to improve the U.S. military's Force Health Protection program.