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 Coordination and adjudication process:
• Report on the results from a SACCP tasker review and coordination of
DoD GHE definition and retitling at the GO/FO/DASD level
• Received coordination responses from HA/FHP&R, JSSG, Navy, Air
Force and Army
• Results will be confirmed by DASD Witkowsky, PSO, and utilized in
writing the DODI on DoD GHE by OUSD Policy
 Retitling:
• The suggestion of renaming “DoD Global Health Engagement” to an
alternative title was coordinated.
• Although there was one recommendation to consider changing the title
to DoD Strategic Health Engagement, all reviewing officials concurred
with keeping the title DoD GHE.
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 Adjudicated short definition:
• Received 4 concurs and 1 non-concur on the proposed short
definition.
• A new short definition was developed from recommendations and
comments from all 5 reviewers.
 New Short Definition of DoD GHE:
• DoD GHE comprises health and medical related actions and
programs undertaken by the DoD to improve foreign armed forces’ or
foreign civilian authorities’ health system capacity; and to promote
and strengthen their human and/or animal health systems in support
of national security objectives.
 Adjudicated long definition:
• All reviewers concurred, with comments, on the proposed long
definition. All comments and concerns were addressed resulting in a
slightly modified adjudicated long definition for DoD GHE.
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 New Long definition of DoD GHE:
Department of Defense (DoD) Global Health Engagement (GHE) is those DoD health or
medical related activities conducted with a foreign nation’s (FN) armed forces, foreign
civilian authorities, or other agencies to establish, reconstitute, maintain, or improve the
health systems of a FN; as part of, force health protection and readiness, threat reduction,
and security cooperation efforts to promote stability and security, build partner capacity,
build trust and confidence, share information, coordinate mutual activities, or maintain
influence to meet USG national security objectives or military end states.
DoD GHE activities should be coordinated with and executed through the Geographic
Combatant Commands; support DoD’s efforts to promote regional stability and security; by
achieving Theater Campaign Plan objectives, reaching theater strategic end states, and
capacity building of FNs. These activities are done in accordance with the Guidance for
Employment of the Force and national security and foreign policy objectives.
DoD GHE uses the full spectrum of health and medical related activities as its means,
be it military-to-military, military-to-civilian, medical research, humanitarian assistance, or
disaster response.
DOD GHE seeks to build the health and medical capability and capacity of DoD
personnel and/or that of the FN; bring about sustainable measurable improvements of the
operational skills of DoD personnel, as well as, within the FN military and government to
facilitate their ability to conduct internal response, to develop interoperability towards
participation in coalition activities, lower the FN’s susceptibility to destabilizing influences,
and maintain a level of health and medical care conducive to a healthy population; bolstering
the civilian population’s confidence in the FN governance.
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DoD GHE Functional Activities
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Security
Cooperation
DoD GHE
Force
Protection
Threat
Reduction
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