Walter Reed Army Institute of Research - Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (WRAIR-AFRIMS)
Mission: To optimize military readiness by developing solutions to infectious disease capability gaps through surveillance research, medical countermeasure development, and strategic partnerships.
Headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. WRAIR-AFRIMS is a forward platform in Asia and Oceania for infectious disease surveillance; countermeasure research, development, testing, and evaluation; and health diplomacy. Optimally poised to bridge force health protection gaps in the INDOPACOM AOR,... read more
Mission: To optimize military readiness by developing solutions to infectious disease capability gaps through surveillance research, medical countermeasure development, and strategic partnerships.
Headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. WRAIR-AFRIMS is a forward platform in Asia and Oceania for infectious disease surveillance; countermeasure research, development, testing, and evaluation; and health diplomacy. Optimally poised to bridge force health protection gaps in the INDOPACOM AOR, WRAIR-AFRIMS engages closely with U.S. allies and partner nations’ local government institutions, military health services, academic laboratories, private industry, and not-for-profit organizations to identify, characterize, and mitigate health threats to DoD and partner operations. show less