April 14, 2025

WRAIR – Europe-Middle East provides vector surveillance training to the Polish Armed Forces

In Tbilisi, Georgia, from February 17–21, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research – Europe–Middle East conducted its first-ever disease surveillance training for the Polish Armed Forces Epidemiological Response Center. The training covered the entire process of vector surveillance from the field collection of mosquitos and ticks to genetic testing and data analysis.

April 11, 2025

WRAIR-Africa provides wastewater surveillance training to boost early outbreak detection

From 17-21 March 2025, the Naval Medical Research Unit EURAFCENT visited the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research – Africa at their Western Field Station in Kenya for training on wastewater-based disease surveillance techniques.

April 9, 2025

WRAIR visits the Butantan Institute to advance collaboration on disease surveillance and vaccine production

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and the Henry Jackson Foundation visited São Paulo’s Butantan Institute, also known as Instituto Butantan in Portuguese, from 17–21 February 2025.

April 3, 2025

WRAIR-AFRIMS conducts force health protection research for Cobra Gold 2025

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research – Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (WRAIR-AFRIMS) performed comprehensive infectious disease surveillance throughout the Cobra Gold 2025 training grounds to advance force health protection, enhance interoperability, and strengthen the U.S. and Royal Thai Armed Forces partnership.

April 1, 2025

DoD research lab supports earthquake medical response

BANGKOK, Thailand (March 31, 2025) — In the wake of a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Southeast Asia on March 28, personnel from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences sprang into action to support emergency medical response efforts at Bangkok’s Phramongkutklao Hospital.

March 27, 2025

GEIS-Funded Infectious Disease Surveillance Boosts Kenya’s Lab Capacity and Expertise

In Kenya, the U.S. Military’s Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS) program is working to identify and track infectious disease threats through collection of samples from sentinel sites. Scientists conduct rapid pathogen identification and drug resistance analysis at regional laboratories run in collaboration with Kenyan health authorities and local research partners, like the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI).