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Welcome to the DoD-GEIS Central Hub
US Department of Defense
Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System
(DoD-GEIS)
GEIS Secure Web
Overall Surveillance and Response System for Infectious Diseases
The DoD Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System
(DoD-GEIS) is designed to strengthen the prevention of, surveillance
of and response to infectious diseases that:
- Are a threat to military personnel and families
- Reduce medical readiness or
- Present a risk to U.S. national security.
The DOD-GEIS is to:
- Increase DoD’s emphasis on prevention of infectious
diseases
- Strengthen and coordinate its surveillance and
response efforts, and
- Create a centralized coordination and communication
hub to help organize DoD resources and link with U.S. and international
efforts.
Establishment of DoD-GEIS
The DoD-GEIS was established in response to Presidential Decision
Directive NSTC-7, June 1996. The President stated that the mission
of the DoD will be expanded to include support of global surveillance,
training, research, and response to emerging infectious disease
threats. He called on DoD to strengthen its global disease reduction
efforts through: centralized coordination; improved preventive health
programs and epidemiological capabilities; and enhanced involvement
with military treatment facilities and United States and overseas
laboratories.
Organization and Management
DOD-GEIS has been established by the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Health Affairs) in coordination with the Military Departments and
is overseen by a flag level Board of Directors made up of representatives
of Health Affairs, the Military Services, the Joint Staff, the CINCs,
and the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. The organization
of DOD-GEIS follows the model of the Armed Force Institute of Pathology.
The Executive Agent function is carried out by the Department of
the Army. DOD-GEIS is headed by a Director who directs the Tri-Service
staff of the central hub which a) helps coordinate prevention, surveillance
and response efforts of DoD internally and externally, b) encourages
and assists education, training and research efforts in DoD, and
c) facilitates communication and information flow across DoD.
DoD-GEIS Partners
The DoD-GEIS central hub leverages the surveillance and response
assets of a network of DoD
service hubs and overseas medical research units. In addition
to these facilities, the DoD-GEIS consortium in the US includes
the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; the US Army Medical Research
Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland; and the
Naval Environmental Health Center, Norfolk, Virginia. DoD-GEIS has
established strong working relationships with the US CDC and international
health agencies.
Operations
In support of its mission of reducing the risk of infectious diseases,
the DoD DOD-GEIS, through the efforts of all its partners, carries
out the following functions:
- Conducts active global surveillance for infectious
diseases that might affect our military personnel and their departments.
- Carries out preventive programs to reduce or
eliminate the risk of infectious diseases.
- Trains DoD health and non-DoD personnel (at
their expense) in DoD laboratories and other DoD facilities and
programs.
- Develops, in conjunction with other health programs,
a robust core of preventive health/medicine (including epidemiology)
expertise.
- Educates DoD personnel on the risk of infectious
diseases and the actions which can help reduce the risk.
- Sustains and strengthens DoD’s detection and
diagnostic capability, especially in the CONUS and OCONUS laboratories
operated by DoD.
- Sustains and strengthens DoD’s response system
for addressing threats to military personnel and their families.
- In partnership with U.S. and non-U.S. public
and private sector agencies, links the DoD response system with
the overall U.S. and international system for addressing infectious
disease threats worldwide.
For an overview of the DoD-GEIS with particular
emphasis on Navy contributions, click
here to see the text of an article published in Navy Medicine.
Contact Information:
Address:
GEIS Operations
Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center
2900 Linden Lane
Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500
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