TWENTIETH U.S. ARMY, PACIFIC ASIA-PACIFIC MILITARY MEDICINE CONFERENCE

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THE U.S. ARMY, PACIFIC AND INDONESIA (TNI) ARE SPONSORING THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL ASIA-PACIFIC MILITARY MEDICINE CONFERENCE (APMMC XX) IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA AT THE SHANGRI-LA HOTEL, 3-7 MAY 2010. THE THEME OF THIS CONFERENCE IS "UNDERSTANDING ASIA-PACIFIC MILITARY MEDICAL ISSUES THROUGH REGIONAL COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION."
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SEVERAL VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH SESSIONS FOCUSING ON ZOONOTIC DISEASE OUTBREAK CONTROL ARE PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR. THE SESSIONS WILL UTILIZE AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) AS THE PRIMARY DISEASE MODEL FOR A DISCUSSION OF BIOSECURITY OF LIVESTOCK, EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND INTERVENTION OF DISEASE, HUMANE CULLING AND CARCASS DISPOSAL, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR WORKERS, REPORTING AND NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES, AND THE ROLE OF MILITARY VETERINARIANS IN ANIMAL DISEASE OUTBREAKS. THE SESSIONS WILL INCLUDE PRESENTATIONS BY AI SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM USAID, USDA, AND/OR FAO.
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THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE GIVEN PREFERENCE FOR SELECTION IN THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE: MILITARY MEDICAL AID TO CIVIL AGENCIES, HUMANITARIAN DEPLOYMENTS, RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS, COMBAT MEDICINE AND TRAUMATOLOGY, TRIAGE AND CASUALTY EVACUATION, INFECTIOUS DISEASES (HIV/AIDS, PANDEMIC & AVIAN INFLUENZA, SARS, MALARIA, DENGUE, TUBERCULOSIS, H1N1), AEROSPACE MEDICINE, NAVAL AND UNDERWATER MEDICINE, ENVIRONMENTAL & PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, MILITARY NURSING, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, MENTAL HEALTH AND POST-TRAMATIC STRESS DISORDER, REHABILITATION MEDICINE (POST-TRAUMATIC), ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS, VETERINARY MEDICINE, DENTAL MEDICINE, OPERATIONAL MEDICAL PLANNING, MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION, SIMULATION TRAINING, AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN TELEMEDICINE. OVER 35 FOREIGN COUNTRIES WILL BE INVITED TO PRESENT AND EXCHANGE MEDICAL INFORMATION. RECOMMENDED ATTENDEES INCLUDE MEDICAL, NURSING, AND VETERINARY OFFICERS AND SENIOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
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4. THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES ARE INVITED: AUSTRALIA, BANGLADESH, BRUNEI, CAMBODIA, CANADA, CHILE, COMOROS, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, INDIA, INDONESIA, JAPAN, KIRIBATI, LAOS, MADAGASCAR, MALAYSIA, MALDIVES, MAURITIUS, MONGOLIA, NEPAL, NEW ZEALAND, PAKISTAN, PALAU, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, PHILIPPINES, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, RUSSIA, SAMOA, SINGAPORE, SOLOMON ISLANDS, SOUTH KOREA, SRI LANKA, THAILAND, TIMOR LESTE (EAST TIMOR), TONGA, TUVALU, UNITED STATES, VANUATU, AND VIETNAM.