Health and Security
Health and security impinge in many ways on MSB missions and on the following pages you can learn more about MSB's work to address health and security issues, where the focus is on the health of the individual and the group.
Here, you can read more about such matters as vaccinations, medical examinations and stress management as well as efforts devoted to security prior to, and during, working on a mission.
Health
Many of the MSB missions are undertaken in countries with a poorly developed infrastructure, where both basic as well as advanced medical services are either inadequate or non-existent. On certain missions, or during certain periods, there can be limited possibility for rapid medical evacuation. For this reason MSB as an employer stipulates medical standards for its field staff.
The purpose of these health requirements is to minimise the greater risks to health that overseas mission involves, and also to avoid serious injuries and/or cases of illness that may jeopardize the safety of the individual or the group.
It is important that individuals registered on the roster and those who are interested in joining the roster have an opportunity to learn more about the risks that can occur in those environments in which missions are undertaken, and about how MSB is taking active measures to combat them.
Before you participate in an mission, you will be told more about the medical services support that MSB offers, its recommended vaccinations and the health requirements that field staff must meet.
Security
During international operations security is a core aspect. As part of the pre-deployment phase security advisors submit a risk assessment in order to establish information about various threats and vulnerabilities in relation to the planned operation.
The field staff should have completed the MSB induction course in which knowledge of personal security plays a central role. When the field staff attend the pre-deployment security briefing, they are given specific security information. In short, the field staff is briefed about the security situation in the area of operation and what security measures MSB has taken in relation to this, what they ought to be prepared for and what to bear in mind throughout the deployment.
During the entire operation, the field staff should maintain an active security awareness in order to reduce security risks.