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Preventive Medicine (MEL_20)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: mel_20.ttl
- Name
preventiveMedicine- Attribute
- MEL Medical Services
- Definition
- A specialisation concerned with preventing diseases and conditions that may arise as a result of environmental threats to health caused by such elements as temperature, humidity, animal and insect threats.
- Description
- Widely deployed on military operations and throughout the health care system of developed nations. It is of critical importance to force health protection and reduction of Disease and Non-Battle Injuries (DNBI).
- Accepted
- 2016-06-08
- Defined by
- DFDD
- Allowed for
- ZI063 Medical Service Information
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.