Medical Countermeasures: Mission, Method, and Management

The Medical Mission Field

" In some rural districts of India," said a speaker at the annual meeting of the Medical Mission Department of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, " there is one public health office to 45,000 people." And India does not stand alone in the need of medical men and women. China, South and West Africa, Borneo, Mauritius?these are only some of the countries for which the Society is needi...

Indian Medical Mission at Hajj-2016: Mass-Gathering Medicine Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities in a Mission Posture

Introduction: Hajj is an annual mass gathering of over 3.5 million pilgrims congregating from 200 countries in the desert climate of Saudi Arabia. Mass gathering medicine at Hajj is challenged by issues of healthcare accessibility, infection control, on-site treatment, referral, evacuation, and response to disasters and public health emergencies. The Indian Medical Mission at H...

The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Review

Memetic Mission Management

Many operations require an area search function, including search-and-rescue, surveillance, hazard detection, structures or site inspection and agricultural spraying. Furthermore, these area search applications often involve varying vehicle and environmental conditions. This article explores using memetic computing to optimize the behavior of a swarm of heterogeneous robotic vehicles executing ...

Mission Driven Sensor Management

Sensor Management is becoming increasingly complex due to the shift in naval missions, the introduction of new sensor systems like the Multifunction Radar and sensor data fusion objectives. This paper identifies the relevant, mission related information necessary for Sensor Management, by analyzing the Command and Control (C2) processes. A model is used that distinguishes four main processes th...