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Medical/Public Health Unit

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The primary goal of the COE Medical and Public Health Unit is to increase medical and public health expertise in the Asia-Pacific region. The unit works to increase international military operational capacity through innovative and creative solutions. This work positively impacts response to potential global health threats as well as health-related security threats. The dedicated unit staff comes from diverse backgrounds. All the members have substantial international experience, and their areas of expertise include: clinical work, administration, training, military medical operations, and international public affairs.

Activities of the unit include:

• Promotion and strengthening of regional contingency planning threats (including pandemic influenza), and other public health threats and issues;

• Implementation of USPACOM's HIV/AIDS Prevention Program, promoting a relationship between the U.S. military and foreign militaries;

• Collaboration with other countries, including: East Timor, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, and Vietnam;

• Provision of expertise in COE's flagship courses (CHART, HELP, TAP), on topics related to complex humanitarian emergencies;

• Facilitation of partnership-building via military and civilian interaction on medical/public health initiatives;

• Organization and facilitation of seminars and workshops, on topics such as pandemic influenza, HIV/AIDS, disaster management.

Through its Medical and Public Health Unit, COE pioneers ways to support and augment partner nations' activities to fulfill complex military medical and public health responsibilities. The Medical and Public Health Unit, in partnership with other COE units, continues to advance and improve its work by exploring new techniques and ideas to meet emerging civil-military public health needs. This Unit's role is constantly evolving to adapt to emerging public health threats.

Medical Civic Action Program Report
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The Medical Civic Action Program (MEDCAP), a bilateral medical effort, brings together Thai military personnel and support elements and Thai regional and Army support troops together with US Naval Reserve Health Care providers. In Cobra Gold 03, two technology personnel, sponsored by COE and the USPACOM Command Surgeon's Office, supported the continuity of the MEDCAP effort through documentation of the activities of the bi-lateral teams. The After Action Report provides an executive summary and detailed information on this effort.

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