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Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program. AVIP is the Department of Defense leading authority on the anthrax vaccine immunization program.

Armed Forces Epidemiology Board. The Armed Forces Epidemiological Board (AFEB) serves as a continuing scientific advisory body to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and the military Surgeons General. The AFEB provides timely scientific and professional advice concerning operational programs, policy development, and research needs for the prevention of disease and injury and the promotion of health.

Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. The Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) has been working for the Federal Health Care professional since its conception in 1891. Originally a physicians' organization, AMSUS is not focused on only one service, like other associations. Our constituency is comprised of professionals of all of the health care disciplines in the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Army Reserve, U.S. Navy Reserve, U.S. Air Force Reserve, Army National Guard, Air National Guard and the Coast Guard. Our 12,000+ members count on us to provide them with up-to-date information on the numerous health care fields which constitute the professions we strive to assist. Towards that end, AMSUS has established a site on the World Wide Web as an easily accessible resource for our members and any others with an interest in Federal Health Care.

The AMSUS Newsletter is a quarterly publication produced to keep the members of AMSUS abreast of current events in the association and in the federal health care industry.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.

Department of Veterans Affairs. The Department of Veterans Affairs provides information on VA programs, veterans benefits, VA facilities worldwide, and VA medical automation software.

Joint Readiness Clinical Advisory Board. The Joint Readiness Clinical Advisory Board's major missions include: Standardizing medical materiel for use by all military services for war readiness requirements and peacetime operations; achieving maximum standardization of deployable medical systems within the Military Services consistent with each Service's mission; and Providing clinical, technical, and logistical expertise to ensure quality medical materiel is available to the services.

Military and Veterans Health Coordinating Board. Established by the President in 1998 the MVHCB is an interagency body established to ensure coordination among the respective agencies of the clinical, research, and health risk communication issues related to the health of military service members and veterans during and after deployments.

National Institutes of Health. The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of medical information.

TRICARE Military Health System. TRICARE is a regionally managed health care program for active duty and retired members of the uniformed services, their families, and survivors. TRICARE brings together the health care resources of the Army, Navy and Air Force and supplements them with networks of civilian health care professionals to provide better access and high quality service while maintaining the capability to support military operations.

World Health Organization. The objective of the World Health Organization is the attainment by all peoples of the possible highest level of health.

Gateway to Military Medicine. The Air War College Gateway to Military Medicine is a virtual library that contains a wide range of information on medical topics. Informational topics include, among others, Combat Medicine, Deployment Medicine, Special Ops Medicine, NBC and First-Aid. Under these topics are documents such as a GAO's Wartime Medical Care report; a speech on medical force protection and medical surveillance; Nuclear, Biological, Chemical bibliographies; and the Textbook of Military Medicine on War Psychiatry.