Global Health Engagement

DHA IPM 18-020: Guidance for the Provision of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for Persons at High Risk of Acquiring HIV Infection

This Defense Health Agency-Interim Procedures Memorandum (DHA-IPM), based on the authority of References (a) and (b), and in accordance with the guidance of References (c) through (f): • Establishes the Military Health System’s (MHS) guidance for the provision of HIV PrEP for persons at high risk of HIV acquisition (ACQ). • Describes the elements and resources required to implement an HIV PrEP program. • Establishes the indications for HIV PrEP, laboratory (lab) testing and monitoring, and prescribing of HIV PrEP. • Provides a link to an HIV PrEP toolkit for providers. • This DHA-IPM is effective immediately; it will be converted to a DHA-Procedural Instruction. This DHA-IPM will expire effective 12 months from the date of issue.

• Identification #: 18-020
• Date: 11/8/2018
• Type: DHA Interim Procedures Memorandum
• Topics: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment

ESSENCE Fact Sheet 2018

This fact sheet describes the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics, or ESSENCE. ESSENCE is a global and Military Health System (MHS) monitoring capability for early detection of imminent health threats impacting force readiness for active duty service members.

Navy entomologists team up to build disease detection capacity in Honduras

Leishmaniasis, malaria, dengue and Chagas disease are known to be present in Honduras

Bringing Comfort 2018

The USNS Comfort is a state-of-the-art hospital ship, and it’s scheduled to deploy to Central and South America for Continuing Promise 2018.

Sailors, Afghan medical professionals team up to improve medical care

The Kandahar Regional Military Hospital is run by Afghan military and civilian medical professionals

USNS Comfort to deploy to Central and South America

The ship’s crew will include more than 200 U.S. and partner nation military doctors, nurses and technicians

Navy Medicine global health team conducts trauma exchange in Vietnam

Sharing trauma management skills was the focus of this exchange

U.S. doctors save Italian patient hours from death

The patient had a fever, a very high heart rate and low oxygen levels

USNS Mercy returns home following Pacific Partnership 2018

Pacific Partnership 2018 included more than 800 military and civilian personnel from the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and the United Kingdom

U.S. Navy, JMSDF participate in bilateral training exercise

The simulated disaster for the training exercise included a Japanese vessel colliding with a U.S. vessel

2019 to 2021 GEIS Strategy

This Strategy describes how GEIS will support infectious disease surveillance and outbreak response to enhance FHP decision making in the future operating environment. GEIS will achieve this end state through direct support to the six Geographic Combatant Commands (GCC) and the global DoD laboratory network that operates in all of their areas of ...

Military doctors conduct infectious diseases training in Panama

Due to the geographic location of Panama, the importance the country places on controlling diseases greatly benefits the Unites States

Project Sea Raven delivers cutting-edge pathogen detection technology

Project Sea Raven is now an integral part of USNS Mercy’s microbiology capacity

Air Force medical team supports exercise in Panama

The medical team has been working closely with Panamanian dentists

USNS Mercy arrives in Vietnam for Pacific Partnership

Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multilateral HA/DR preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific