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NAVY ENVIRONMENTAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE UNIT 7
Mission and Vision
The mission of NEPMU-7 is to protect and preserve force health readiness through provisions of theatre-wide preventive medicine support to Navy and Marine Corps forces, joint and combined military operations, and allied governments when directed by higher authority. Our vision is that NEPMU-7 is the first choice for public health solutions in EUCOM, AFRICOM, and CENTCOM. NEPMU-7 has been working in AFRICOM and EUCOM for 50 years, however, it was disestablished in 2006. As the theatres of operation have evolved, a recognized need for local public health services led the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center to reestablish NEPMU-7 in 2013. NEPMU-7 is currently located in Rota, Spain and is prepared to provide both routine and emergent public health support as required to forces in the region.
Clinical guidance, including recognition, management and clinical isolation guidance are generally covered by CDC: CDC Clinical Overview
Clinical management for Fleet medical personnel can be found in the NMCFHPC Fleet Mpox Medical Guidance
Clinical guidance for MTFs can be found in the DHA Mpox Guidance Update_5Sept2024
Currently, neither mpox testing nor treatment are readily available in a forward deployed operational setting. Units should identify suspected cases, isolate them, and move them for care at an MTF when operationally feasible.
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