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Table 3 NIPR Medical Information Websites
Site URL Notes
US DOS http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country.html Passport information, links to
missions
US DOS http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/112065.pdf DOS phone directory
NCMI https://www.ncmi.detrick.army.mil/ UNCLASS MEDINT
MESL https://mesl.apgea.army.mil/ Requires an account
PHC Circ 40-1 http://phc.amedd.army.mil/topics/foodwater/ca/Pages/ Approved vendors by country
DoDApprovedFoodSources.aspx
DOEHRS https://doehrswww.apgea.army.mil/
MCLL https://www.mccll.usmc.mil/index.cfm
JLLS https://www.jllis.mil/apps/index.cfm
PHC DESP http://phc.amedd.army.mil/organization/institute/dhrm/Pages/ EHRA Phase I reports
EnvironmentalHealthRiskAssessmentProgram.aspx
MCIA https://www.intelink.gov/mcia Country studies and smart cards
USAID http://map.usaid.gov/ Interactive Project map
AZAR http://www.keesler.af.mil/shared/media/document/afd-070220-018.pdf Requires an account and login
for actual database
NGA https://www.nga.mil/Pages/default.aspx GEOINT products
NGIC https://www.inscom.army.mil
TGRO http://www.tricare.mil/Plans/HealthPlans/TPRO/EA.aspx Africa regions
Notes: AZAR, Assault Zone Availability Report; DESP, Deployment Environmental Surveillance Program; DOEHRS, Defense Occupational &
Environmental Health Readiness System; DOS, Department of State; EHRA, Environmental Health Risk Assessment; GEOINT, geospatial intel-
ligence; JLLS, Joint Lessons Learned System; MESL, Military Exposure Surveillance Library; NCMI, National Center for Medical Intelligence;
NGA, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; NGIC, National Ground Intelligence Center; PHC, Public Health Command; TGRO, TRICARE
Ground Remote Overseas; UNCLASS MEDINT, unclassified military intelligence; USAID, US Agency for International Development.

Table 4 Some Useful Websites
Site URL Notes
Bottled-Water Web http://www.bottledwaterweb.com/index.jsp Bottled-water vendors
UNEP http://www.unep.org/ Environmental surveys
Reliefweb http://reliefweb.int/ Needs assessments, NGO listing
ISOS https://www.internationalsos.com/ Clinic and evacuation platforms
FAO http://www.fao.org/
WANGO http://www.wango.org/resources.aspx?section=ngodir Worldwide NGO directory
Toxinology www.toxinology.com Antivenin suppliers
Shoreland https://www.travax.com/scripts/Login/Login.asp?ReturnUrl=%2f Medical threat and healthcare
infrastructure database
Notes: FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; ISOS, International SOS; NGO, nongovernmental organization; UNEP,
United Nations Environmental Program; WANGO, World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations

or HACH incubator with requisite media for bacterio- required. This can include a deployable particulate sam-
logical sampling (HACH Co.; www.hach.com); Drel pler and media for air sampling, soil collection kit, and
890 (with minimum sampling capabilities for chlorine, raw- and treated-water test kits. These environmental
iron, sulfate, chromium, manganese, cyanide, pH, total samples may require clearance from the sampled coun-
dissolved solids, alkalinity, and temperature) (HACH try and permission from the country you are returning
Co.); Kestrel 4000 weather meter (Nielsen-Kellerman to. The embassy staff can assist in expediting this paper-
Co.; kestrelmeters.com); food thermometers; and sani- work, but it can still take up to a month. Therefore, it is
tizing solution test strips. Depending on the nature of often easier to transport samples in sealable plastic bags
the assessments to be conducted and the sampling plan, and water bottles, and repackage them upon return, as
environmental surveillance sampling equipment may be much of the environmental sampling equipment looks

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