NATO Joint Medical Committee Mission and Functions

Report on a conference sponsored by the NATO SCIENCE COMMITTEE

NATO SOF Transformation and the development of NATO SOF medical doctrine and policy.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Special Operations Forces (SOF) Coordination Center (NSCC) is a new NATO memorandum of understanding (MOU) organization that is effecting rapid advancement in NATO's ability to efficiently utilize SOF at the strategic/operational level. The NSCC's lines of development in communications information systems (CIS), education, training, and real life su...

the Joint Scientific Committee

40 SPARC scientists from the Brewer-Dobson Circulation workshop (see summary this issue) held in Grindelwald, Switzerland, June 2012, visited the Sphinx observatory on the Jungfraujoch (3571m) in the Swiss Alps, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Sphinx is a highaltitude, international research station and hosts scientists from more than 20 different research institutions every year, investigati...

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...