The 2022 monkeypox outbreak: A UK military perspective.

With the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and now monkeypox, the UK Defence Medical Services have been required to provide rapid advice in the management of patients with airborne high consequence infectious diseases (A-HCID). The Defence Public Health Network (DPHN) cadre, consisting of closely aligned uniformed and civilian public health specialists have worked at pace to provide evidence-based recommendations on the clinical management, public health response and policy for monkeypox, with military medicine and pathology clinicians (primarily infectious disease physicians and medical microbiologists). Military environments can be complicated and nuanced requiring specialist input and advice to non-specialists as well as unit commanders both in the UK and overseas.

EpiNATO-2: Enhancing Situational Awareness and Overall Force Health Protection While Deployed in the Combined Joint NATO Environment: Describing the Identified 2016 Q Fever Outbreak in Kosovo Force (KFOR).

EpiNATO-2 is the only interoperable health surveillance system that is defined in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) doctrine. It was first implemented in the Kosovo Force and European Union Training Mission Mali in 2013. EpiNATO-2 is mandated for use during all NATO operations.

Infectious diseases during the European Union training mission Mali (EUTM MLI) - a four-year experience.

Background: The European Union Training Mission Mali (EUTM MLI) is a multinational military training deployment to the Western African tropical nation of Mali. Based on routinely collected disease and non-battle injury surveillance data, this study quantifies the true impact of infectious diseases for this tropical mission and potential seasonal variations in infectious disease threats.

Methods: Categorized health events during the EUTM MLI mission and associated lost working days were reported using the EpiNATO-2 report.

Evaluation of the impact of a health forecast alert service on admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Bradford and Airedale.

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations are associated with adverse weather conditions. We examined if a forecasting alert service available to general practices in Bradford and Airedale for the winter of 2007-08 reduced COPD admissions.

Methods: We compared admissions in 2007-08 with 2006-07 when the service was not available.

Quality of training in public health in the UK: results of the first national training audit.

Objectives: Since 1997, UK public health training has undergone major changes, including the creation of specialist registrars (SpRs), introduction of a competency framework, admission of non-medical (specialist) trainees and National Health Service organizational change. It was therefore considered timely to audit the quality of this training.

Study Design: Cross-sectional survey of all UK public health trainees, conducted in April 2003.