Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has set up a military
brigade for public health emergency response, the first of its kind
in the country, the People's Daily reported on Sunday.
The brigade, which has been approved by the Communist Party of
China Central Military Commission, is to deal with military public
health emergencies and quickly response, coordinate, analyze
incidents of the kind and provide early-warning.
Attached to the PLA's disease control center, the brigade is
also in charge of the country's major epidemic prevention event,
emergency aid for large disasters home and abroad, the related
personnel training, regulation drawing and research.
(Xinhua News Agency October 15, 2006)