U.S. Army Civil Affairs members, assigned to the 91st Civil Affairs Battalion, and Ghanaian troopers supplied a spread of medical companies to a various set of sufferers to incorporate younger youngsters and the aged. The group carried out medical examinations and diagnostic care, and prescribed drugs.
U.S. Army Civil Affairs members representing Particular Operations Command Africa hosted a medical civic motion program with Ghanaian troopers from the sixth Infantry Battalion in Yendi, Ghana, from August 31 – September 1, 2022. The group oversaw the remedy of roughly 1,000 sufferers through the MEDCAP’s two-day length.
The U.S. Army Civil Affairs members, assigned to the 91st Civil Affairs Battalion, and Ghanaian troopers supplied a spread of medical companies to a various set of sufferers to incorporate younger youngsters and the aged. The group carried out medical examinations and diagnostic care, and prescribed drugs. Sufferers acquired imaginative and prescient exams and corrective lenses if crucial. The assembled group additionally distributed anti-malaria treatment to affected sufferers. MEDCAPs function short-term area clinics to offer restricted medical care to the native inhabitants. By means of these MEDCAPs, each accomplice nations change medical greatest practices to make sure a top quality of care to the handled sufferers.
MEDCAPs allow a chance to not solely improve the well being and vitality of the native inhabitants however additionally they facilitate a cultural change with the encircling neighborhood. These occasions strengthen the connection between the 2 accomplice nations to deal with insecurity and instability throughout the borders.
On the Ghana Armed Forces request, U.S. forces have incessantly engaged with Ghana on a number of army and civil affair exchanges. The latest MEDCAP represents the second MEDCAP collaboration with Ghana this 12 months. The earlier MEDCAP happened in Karaga in June. U.S. particular operations forces performed a Joint Mixed Trade Coaching in Bundase final March along with humanitarian help operations in native Ghanaian communities. U.S. forces additionally supplied humanitarian reduction within the city of Bogoso in response to a HAZMAT automobile explosion final January.
Ghana may also be internet hosting the Flintlock 2023 train after serving as a participant in previous years. Flintlock is the premier particular operations train in Africa with 30 taking part nations.
These joint engagements and workout routines illustrate the mutually useful partnership between U.S. and Ghanaian forces and signify SOCAFRICA’s longstanding dedication to the African continent.
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