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This post was written by LewisA on November 12, 2008

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This post was written by LewisA on November 6, 2008

Health Security Workshop - Amman, Jordan

The Near East and South Asia Center (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies and the Royal Medical Services of Jordan conducted a three-day Health Security workshop 17 - 20 August 2008.  The workshop was attended by over fifty civilian and military officials in health-related positions from the United States (NESA, CENTCOM, OSD, Sandia Labs), Jordan, Turkey, and the Palestinian Authority. Read More…

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This post was written by Admin on September 10, 2008

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Health and National Security Workshop

The Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies conducted a two-day “Health and National Security” workshop on 29-30 March 2007.  This was an exploratory effort to see how to advance U.S. national security objectives through health care assistance generally and what more can be accomplished in the NESA region specifically.  The intent was to initiate a dialogue and assessment on how to leverage U.S. healthcare “overmatch” to deliver strategic policy effects in the NESA region – drawing in part on the lessons learned from the Asian Tsunami and Pakistan earthquake relief efforts.  This was a unique program for the NESA Center, lasting only two days and bringing only USG officials to focus on a non-traditional issue, not normally included in our programs.

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This post was written by Admin on September 10, 2008

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