Background

The Asia Pacific Military Health Exchange (APMHE) is a military medical conference co-hosted by the armed forces of a country in the Asia-Pacific region together with the United States Pacific Command (US PACOM). The inaugural APMHE was co-hosted by Vietnam in Da Nang in 2015. The second iteration of the APMHE was co-hosted by Malaysia in Kuantan in 2016. The APMHE has its origins in the Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference (APMMC) , which was first held in 1990. The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) previously co-hosted the APMMC with the US Army Pacific Command in 2000 and 2008.

Asia Pacific Military Health Exchange 2017

Themed "Future Challenges and Collaborations in Military Health", the APMHE 2017 focuses on global health security, military in global health engagement, emerging infectious diseases, advances in field casualty management, and the future of military medicine training. Notable speakers include Medical Director to the United Kingdom Defence Medical Services, Brigadier Timothy J Hodgetts, Head of the Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House, Professor David L Heymann, President of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Dr Richard Thomas and Chief of SAF Medical Corps Rear Admiral (Dr) Tang Kong Choong.

Held from 23 to 26 May, the four-day conference features over 250 oral and poster presentations, covering topics ranging from operational medicine research and advances, military nursing and allied health issues, medical training, to medical technology and informatics.

The APMHE 2017 involves over 500 delegates comprising senior military officers, active service and reserve medics, nurses, allied health professionals and defence researchers from the Asia-Pacific countries.