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Building Partner Capacity and Interoperability

Partner nation engagement, with the goal of building and supporting health system capabilities, is a critical element of global health engagement. Security threats from health catastrophes are real, and the spillover effects from breakdowns in health systems can be harder to contain than armed conflicts themselves. With this in mind, we are deeply invested in ensuring that our international partners have the capacity and the experience to address serious health threats, both in tandem with the U.S. Government, and on their own. Our collaboration with international partners also helps to improve our interoperability with their forces for future cooperation. 

Mil-Mil Partnerships

We conduct regular training exercises in the form of bilateral and multilateral partnership initiatives with foreign militaries to promote improved responses to threats to regional and global public health. These engagements are critical for producing an effective multinational response to threats like infectious disease or natural disaster, and they can also serve as a bridge to broader security and stability among nations. 

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New Jersey Guard Joint Force Medical Team Trains with State Partner Albanian Armed Forces

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U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. James Cavanagh, 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, supervises tactical combat casualty care training scenarios with the Albanian Armed Forces at Land Forces Headquarters, Zall-Herr, Tirana, Albania as part of the State Partnership Program. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Bruce Daddis, U.S. Army National Guard)

Tactical combat casualty care, care under fire, and treatment of combat-related injuries were just a few of the exercises covered in this 20 year old international training partnership. Find out what else was accomplished as the NJ Guard helped prepare Albanian Armed Forces to achieve NATO standards

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Navy’s Global Engagement Helps Identify and Mitigate Disease

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Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team Successfully Completes Two-Week Medical Mission in Guyana

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The Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team gathers in front of the medical administrative building at West Demerara Regional Hospital, Georgetown, Guyana. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Sen. Airman Alexus Wilcox)

273 dental patients, 98 surgeries, 87 emergency room patients, and one very successful humanitarian collaboration. Learn more about the U.S. Southern Command's two-week medical mission in Guyana.

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U.S. Army, Kenya Defence Forces Offer Medical Services to Remote Kenyan Communities

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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Dorothy Chiaravalle, assigned to 69th Infantry Regiment, 27th Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard, performs a mouth assessment during a medical civic action program at Archer’s Post Sub County Hospital in Kenya on Feb. 18.  (Photo by U.S. Army Cpl. Genesis Miranda)

Providing humanitarian relief at home and abroad is an essential part of the mission of the U.S. Armed forces. From cataracts to cardiac care, see how this two-day medical mission brought dire assistance and education to a Kenyan community.

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Medical Evacuation Training Enhances Coalition Partnership, Skillsets

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Have you ever worried about packing your suitcase just the right way to fit everything you want to take on vacation? Well, medical Airmen have to figure that out from a standpoint of life and death. Find out what goes into training medical personnel to configure a nearly 4,000 cubic ft. C-130J Super Hercules aircraft—from floor to ceiling—to safely secure injured warfighters and medical equipment for safe transport.

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Vermont National Guard Members Deploy for Medical Training Exercise in Senegal

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Strengthening alliances and attracting new partners — especially cost-effectively — is paramount to global health engagement. Find out about the training that Vermont National Guard members are participating in to help make that happen in Senegal, Africa.

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Makin Island Conducts Medical Operations with Carrier Strike Group 11

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Simulated surgical training is integral to successful real time trauma treatment and care — on land and at sea. We take a look inside the intricately detailed, true-to-life training exercises happening aboard the USS Makin Island and USS Nimitz preparing medical personnel to treat combat casualties during marine combat operations.

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Women make up nearly 20% of the the United States Armed Forces, so having more females in healthcare professions creates a much more effective force. That's why the Uniformed Services University and Canadian Armed Forces Health Services collaborated recently to advance research on women’s health issues and to optimize care for women in uniform.

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A two-year pilot program expanding mental health treatment options for military and family members hit its halfway mark. Find out how it's been successful so far, and what's next in advancing services to warfighters and their families experiencing acute mental health problems.

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U.S. Army Medical Laboratory Forges Relationship with Australian Defence Force Institute

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American soldiers from the 1st Area Medical Laboratory were hosted by their counterparts at the Australian Defence Force Malaria and Infectious Disease Institute in Brisbane, Australia. Find out what was discussed at this meeting to strengthen critical relationships, save lives, and enable both sides' mission readiness.

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A Team Approach Strengthens African Partner Medical Capabilities

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The African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership was initiated to rapidly deploy peacekeeping operations in Africa. Find out how this five-year program culminated in closer partnerships as well as establishing processes required to sustain logistics, medical planning, combat casualty care, and infection control.

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Defense Threat Reduction Agency Celebrates Opening of New Training Center

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It's been eight years in the making! Now, learn more about this ceremonial culmination of a large, global collaboration toward preventing future disease outbreaks and biological threats.

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GHSA Meeting Discusses Collaboration on Global Health Security

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