Public and Environmental Health
Kadix Systems offers comprehensive expert services in environmental and public health for the evaluation, design and implementation of Public and Eenvironmental policies and projects. Our staff of experienced health educators, medical officers, environmental engineers, veterinarians, scientists and program managers supports agencies including U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Department of Defense communities. Kadix's expertise covers a wide range of subjects, including clinical and field preventive medicine, environmental and occupational health, health promotion and wellness, epidemiology, disease surveillance, toxicology and related laboratory sciences.

In addition to health services, we support government biosecurity initiatives, with services experts who can assist in the detection, prevention and eradication of plant and animal diseases that threaten the nation's agriculture and livestock. We also provide incident management support and infrastructure for incident response teams.Kadix is well-versed in standards and regulatory requirements and develops solutions that comply with regulations and reduce liabilities. Our goal is to ensure that the best available scientific information and analysis are used to guide decisions about the environment and public health.

	Success Story: US Army Center for Public & Environmental Health
	- U.S. Army CHPPM [TOP]

Situation

• The U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (CHPPM) provides worldwide technical support for implementing preventive medicine, public health, and health promotion/wellness services in all aspects of America 's Army and the Army community
• CHPPM required expert support staff to facilitate and supplement preventive health and environmental programs

Kadix Solution:

• Kadix's staff of expert medical officers, epidemiologists, environmental engineers, scientists, health educators, and program support professionals provide critical support to the Army's health promotion and preventive medicine initiatives
• Kadix team members provide numerous services including training; design and implementation of studies, data analysis, independent and collaborative epidemiologic investigations, occupational medicine, medical screening, exposure assessment, epidemiology, and industrial hygiene
• Kadix's environmental engineers provide environmental health risk assessments, environmental impact evaluations, environmental surveillance, studies of hazardous material management, technical assistance and training for development of safety plans and procedures, and evaluations and audits of current and past Army environmental programs

Outcomes:

• Kadix's efforts support CHPPM's preventive medicine and health promotion goals to anticipate and rapidly respond to operational needs in an ever-changing global environment

Success Story: Public & Environmental Health - USDA [TOP]

Situation

• Exotic Newcastle Disease (END) - a contagious and fatal viral disease affecting all species of birds - is a zoonotic agent which can infect both animals and humans
• In October 2002, END struck 17 counties across California , Texas , New Mexico , Nevada and Arizona , resulting in destruction of approximately 4 million birds and over $80M spent to date

Kadix Solution:

• Kadix Systems has supported USDA's eradication efforts by supplementing government personnel with over 200 highly trained and experienced Supervisory Veterinarians, Veterinarian Medical Officers, Epidemiologists, Animal Health Technicians, Program Specialists, etc.
• Kadix teams inspect and examine birds and poultry for evidence of persistent or recurrent disease conditions and for the probable causes and effects
• Our personnel test and vaccinate against diseases, and consult with farm or ranch owners and managers on production, feeding, and housing issues
• Euthanize birds and poultry and apply recognized procedures in diagnosing foreign animal diseases
• Develop written reports or summaries of disease control and eradication and animal health activities
• Supervise Animal Health Technicians and others in depopulation, cleaning and disinfection (C&D)
• Our team of leading experts in the field of veterinary medicine provided ongoing executive advisory services to USDA senior management during the outbreak

Outcomes:

• Kadix provided critical support to the USDA's END eradication team, helping to prevent spread of the END outbreak and protect public health and agricultural production