Horizon scanning - health risks in operations
Publish date: 2015-12-31
Report number: FOI-R--4212--SE
Pages: 24
Written in: Swedish
Keywords:
- Health risks
- operations
- trends
- health threats
- strategic issues
- conflicts
- crises management
- horizon scanning
- chemical
- biological
- radiological
- CBRN
- air pollution
- climate change
- environmental health
Abstract
This horizon scanning was produced within the framework of a project funded by the Swedish Ministry of Defence. The project's main purpose is to further develop methods and skills in support of the health threat assessments commissioned to FOI by the Armed Forces medical intelligence service. The overall objective is to contribute to successful health risks management in national or international operations. The project therefore continuously performs horizon scanning to understand and describe events and trends of relevance to the research field. The analysis covers a number of perspectives, which may interact. The perspectives include; - Health threats to the individual soldier - Health threats to mission success and support of the strategic end state - Future threats and trends of strategic significance The report first discusses a national perspective (Chapter 2). Thereafter follows a description of some general health threats and trends in international operations (Chapter 3). Lastly, in Chapter 4, some policy development in the field is briefly described.