Public Health

Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities.

Our Vision

The Defense Health Agency Public Health Division strives to be a cutting-edge, world-class public health capability that is lean, efficient, effective, forward leaning, strategically positioned to fully meet the MHS and customer needs.

Our Mission

• Support the move from a health care system to a system of health by focusing on the prevention of disease, disability, and death in garrison and while deployed
• Create timely, standardized execution guidance, in collaboration with the Services
• Increase effectiveness and efficiencies (e.g., manpower and cost savings) through consolidation/re-engineering of functions
• Develop comprehensive portfolio management and DHA Public Health structure to best accommodate the integration and evolution of future product lines.

Shared Service Functions

• Support the move from a health care system to a system of health by focusing on the prevention of disease, disability, and death in garrison and while deployed
• Create timely, standardized execution guidance, in collaboration with the Services
• Increase effectiveness and efficiencies (e.g., manpower and cost savings ) through consolidation/re-engineering of functions
• Develop a comprehensive portfolio management and DHA Public Health structure to best accommodate the integration and evolution of future product lines.

Our Initiatives

• DOD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
• Health Readiness Support
• Heath Surveillance
• Immunization Healthcare
• Veterinary Services