Global Influenza Summary: March 14, 2015

This is a biosurveillance summary of West Africa Ebola as of March 12, 2015. Since the previous summary (6 MAR), there has been an increase of 120 confirmed and 357 suspected and/or probable Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases, (+171 total deaths), bringing the total to 24,525 cases (10,026 deaths). Read more:

This is a biosurveillance summary of Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Surveillance Summary #49: March 12, 2015, as reported by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch. As of 12 MAR 2015, 675 (+29) human cases of avian influenza A (H7N9) including 236 (+17) deaths have been reported in China, Hong, Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Canada. Read more:

This is a biosurveillance summary of Chikungunya as of March 12, 2015. Based on multiple reliable sources, as of 6 MAR 2015, 44 countries or territories in the Americas have reported locally transmitted chikungunya cases. In the region, there have been at least 1,253,588 (+53,116) suspected, probable, or confirmed cases of the disease (183 deaths, (+1 ...

Defense Health Board (DHB) report on Combat Trauma Lessons Learned from Military Operations of 2001-2013

Update: Deployment Health Assessments, U.S. Armed Forces, March 2015 report. Since January 2003, peaks and troughs in the numbers of pre- and post-deployment health assessment forms transmitted to the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch generally corresponded to times of departure and return of large numbers of deployers. Between April 2006 and ...

Seasonal Influenza Summary: March 7, 2015

This is a biosurveillance summary of Global MERS-CoV Surveillance, as reported by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch: March 6, 2015. From SEP 2012 to 6 MAR, 1,097 (+61) cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have been reported including 400 (+26) deaths in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Jordan, Qatar, United Arab ...

Defense Health Board (DHB) report summarizing the findings and recommendations from the DHB's independent review on Ethical Guidelines and Practices for U.S. Military Medical Professionals

Global Influenza Summary: Feb. 28, 2015

Seasonal Influenza Summary: Feb. 28, 2015

The Evaluation of the TRICARE Program: Access, Cost, and Quality, Fiscal Year 2015 Report to Congress is provided by the TRICARE Management Activity (TMA)/Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)—Defense Health Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (DHCAPE), in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) (OASD/HA).This ...

This is a biosurveillance summary of West Africa Ebola as of February 26, 2015. Since the previous summary (23 FEB), there has been an increase of 63 confirmed and 237 suspected and/or probable Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases, (+150 total deaths), bringing the total to 23,767 cases (9,621 deaths). Read more:

This is a biosurveillance summary of Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Surveillance Summary #48: February 26, 2015, as reported by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch. As of 26 FEB 2015, 646 (+29) human cases of avian influenza A (H7N9) including 209 (+4) deaths have been reported in China, Hong Kong (+1), Taiwan, Malaysia, and Canada. Read more: