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Military Health System Announces Media Relations Award Winners
The Military Health System Communications and Public Affairs Division announced on June 4, 2025, the winner of the 2024 Kevin M. Dwyer Memorial Media Relations Awards.
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The systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of information on the health of a population and relevant health hazards, with timely dissemination of feedback to those who need it and can take action. Comprehensive health surveillance provides actionable health-related information to military and medical decision-makers, allowing optimal incorporation of prevention and protection into training, plans, and operations. A military surveillance system includes a routine functional capacity for data collection, analysis, and dissemination of information linked to military preventive medicine support of operations and training.
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