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Tag: GHE

U.S. military members and Paraguyan medical students participating in AMISTAD 24 gather around the 75th anniversary monument of the founding of the Fernheim Colony in Filadelfia, Paraguay, July 16, 2024. AMISTAD brings U.S. military health professionals together with partner nation medical teams to train and learn best practices together. This 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) led mission delivers valuable experiences to U.S. and partner nation medical professionals while increasing their ability to quickly work together in emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Carly Feliciano)

July 17, 2024

AMISTAD24: Partnering with Paraguay for Medical Mission Success

FILADELFIA, Paraguay — Thirty-two Total Force U.S. Air Force Airmen and U.S. Army Massachusetts National Guard soldiers journeyed to Filadelfia to support this year's AMISTAD mission. AMISTAD, Spanish for friendship, is the core of their objective: to collaborate closely with local counterparts, enhancing mutual training efforts and delivering optimal patient care.

May 21, 2024

Snapshots of Service: JTF-Bravo's Global Health Engagement in Guatemala

LIVINGSTON, Guatemala — Joint Task Force-Bravo with the support from Arkansas National Guard’s 188th Air Wing and the Guatemalan military, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food conducted a Global Health Engagement in remote villages near Livingston, Guatemala, May 13-16, 2024. During the 4-day GHE, JTF-Bravo and its partners delivered care to over 500 patients and 1,500 animals. Services provided were medical, dental, pharmacy, veterinary, public health and surgery.

Feb. 14, 2022

U.S. Military Strengthens Cooperation, Provides Medical Care in Honduras

Joint Task Force-Bravo, a unit under the U.S. Southern Command based out of Soto Cano Air Base in Comayagua, will conduct a Global Health Engagement in the Department of Santa Barbara, February 15-17.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Melissa Legowski, nurse practitioner from the 99th Medical Group at Nellis Air Force Base, briefs Guyanese nurses during a lecture at the Linden Mackenzie Hospital during New Horizons exercise 2019 in Linden, Guyana, June 13, 2019. The New Horizons exercise 2019 provides U.S. military members an opportunity to train for an overseas deployment and the logistical requirements it entails. The exercise promotes bilateral cooperation by providing opportunities for U.S. and partner nation military engineers, medical personnel and support staff to work and train side by side. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)

April 20, 2020

A look into the future: Embedded Health Engagement Teams

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — International Health Specialists from 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) are piloting a new global health engagement model to improve health and readiness for U.S. military forces and partner nations.