The Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM), organised within the US Department of Military and Emergency Medicine (MEM) at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS), specialises in medicine and health-related topics as they relate to advancing the understanding and delivery of disaster medical care and humanitarian assistance worldwide. CDHAM is actively developing relationships between government agencies, non-governmental agencies and private volunteer organisations. It offers research assistance with planning, development and execution of multi-specialty research in the areas of disaster preparedness, assessment, surveillance, medical care and recovery; training of disaster responders of all professional specialties and development of curricula in the areas of disaster administration, field medical care, operational logistics, assessment and surveillance for specific organisations and specialties; telephone and on-site consultation for organisations requiring timely expertise in all phases of disaster mitigation; aid with response planning, vulnerability assessment, needs assessment, medical care and epidemiological surveillance and assistance in the development of institutional policy with regards to disaster response, medical care and humanitarian aid.

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