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Army Humanitarian Assistance programs can support Immunization

by Toryalai Hart
Toryalai Hart
British-American, born in Afghanistan, grew up in West Africa and have set foot
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Tuesday, 24 May 2011 Category Immunization delivery strategies 3 Comments

US Embassy Humanitarian Assistance Teams support EPI

I met the Director of the US Embassy Humanitarian Assistance Team in Mali socially in Bamako, and he explained the mission of the US Embassy Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) as essentially being a technology transfer of Humanitarian Assistance capacity to the country's army in which teams are based. He also explained that other than conducting "Medcaps", events at which they have stands to perform free services ranging from AIDS testing to medical consultations, that they had an avid interest in strengthening immunization and working with the MoH and NGO's, particularly national ones, to reinforce their programs.

Tags: transportation, immunization, pneumo, logistics, campaigns, Africa, medical waste, distribution, polio
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