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1,000 farm animals vaccinated in single day

2012/02/20 • Comments

“Keeping these animals free of disease will ensure their owners continue to raise healthy animals that provide food and income for the families living here,” said Dr. Zahir.

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Advisers from the 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group assist in a drop of humanitarian supplies Jan. 27, 2012 at a remote village in Afghanistan.(courtesy photo)

Air Force advisers, Afghan aircrew drop medical supplies to rural villages

2012/02/15 • Comments

“The mission went well,” said Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Stitt, a MI-17 aerial gunner adviser. “We took five Afghan doctors and 2,200 pounds of medical supplies…”

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More than 200 village elders, from areas surrounding Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan, gather to attend the groundbreaking for the hospital Jan. 28, 2012.(courtesy photo)

Air Force, Navy officers help develop Afghan hospital project

2012/02/15 • Comments

“These humanitarian missions are tremendously important to our mission here,” said Navy Cmdr. Paul Fermo. “Humanitarian missions target the essential needs to sustain life: basic health, food, water and security that build a solid foundation for a stable community.”

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An Afghan nurse administers a Hepatitis B vaccination to a patient at the Korea-Afghanistan Friendship Medical Center in Parwan, Jan. 25. The newly opened medical center’s Afghan staff includes two doctors, six nurses, two pharmacists and several technicians. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah Martinez)

Korean PRT opens doors to new medical center for locals

2012/02/13 • Comments

“The Afghan doctors are well educated and will do a great job at running the medical center,” said Dr. Park, head Korean doctor. “We just hope the Afghan government continues working with the citizens to provide the resources needed for the clinic.”

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Capt. Lydia Zellers, a physician’s assistant with the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, demonstrates how to properly hold a newborn baby during birthing classes held in Maiwand district, Jan. 25.

“Operation Maiwand Stork” teaches Afghan women birthing, healthcare techniques

2012/02/10 • Comments

“The turnout and participation for today’s event surpassed our expectations, especially considering that this is but the first of three days worth of similar activities and the expectation of initial wariness on the part of the locals,” said Lt. Col. Jered Helwig.

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Members of the Afghan Air Force assigned to the Kandahar Air Wing review the mission plan prior to a practice mission with their Mi-17 helicopter at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller)

Kandahar Air Wing makes gains in medical evacuations

2012/02/08 • Comments

“The fact that Afghans received the tasking, executed, mission monitored and coordinated everything on their own shows the immense progress they have made,” said Maj. Jim Lee.

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Afghan National Army Col. Abdul Hakim-Zia, Medical Command medical recruiting officer in charge, speaks on Yawali Radio at Kandahar Air Field, during a medical recruiting radio interview. Visiting radio stations throughout Afghanistan was one way Col. Hakim-Zia advertised ANA's need for medically licensed Afghans. More than 300 recruits were accepted since the recruiting program started last year.

Afghan National Army seeks medical recruits

2012/02/03 • Comments

“The ANA wants to improve its medical services, especially in austere environments,” said Afghan National Army Col. Abdul Hakim-Zia. “The best way to do that is to reach out to the community through radio, newspapers, TV and community engagements.”

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From left: Ali Daryab, Omran Holding Group quality control manager, U.S. Air Force Col. Benjamin Wham, Afghan Maj. Gen. Shazadah, and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Kendall Cox cut a ribbon to commemorate the opening of the troop medical clinic on Camp Zafar, near Herat, Afghanistan Dec. 15. (USACE Photo by Karla K. Marshall)

New Troop Medical Clinic brings health care to Camp Zafar

2011/12/24 • Comments

“This clinic will meet the needs of the ANA in this region,” said U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Cox, USACE Transatlantic Division commanding general. “The soldiers and their families will be healthier which benefits the entire community.”

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Air Force Maj. Courtney Schapira, Medical Embedded Training Team dental advisor, helps Jant, Paktia Regional Military Hospital dentist, with a patient at Gardez, Dec. 1. Schapira is the first advisor for the dental clinic and is determined to help any way she can. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah Martinez/RELEASED)

Dentists at Gardez welcome first, only clinical advisor

2011/12/11 • Comments

“When we heard we were getting an advisor, we got very excited,” said Dost Muhammad, head dentist. “We are ready for her to help us and teach us what she knows.”

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Warehouse workers, at the Kabul National Supply Depot, inventory boxes of prescription medicine before loading them onto an Afghan National Army (ANA) convoy headed to one of the regional depots. From June to Aug., the ANA was able to put together their first annual requirements list and placed a 518 line order through 11 vendors with assistance of the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) Medical Training Assistance Group (MTAG). Currently, the depot has received 61 lines of the 518 line order without any issues. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Elizabeth Thompson)

Afghan National Army completes first annual medical acquisitions requirement

2011/12/10 • Comments

“The last three years we have learned a lot from the mentors that have been working with us side by side,” said Dr. Faizullah Saber. “Once my personnel learn then they can train others and we can progress.”

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