Airmen with U.S. Air Forces Africa and the National Guard are deployed to the African continent in support of the African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance. APORA consists of a growing network of African nations committed to collectively prevent, detect, and contain disease outbreaks. Membership is open to any partner nation willing to join and contribute. The Alliance endeavors to rapidly advance all participating countries' plans, tactics, and capabilities by cultivating international... read more
Airmen with U.S. Air Forces Africa and the National Guard are deployed to the African continent in support of the African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance. APORA consists of a growing network of African nations committed to collectively prevent, detect, and contain disease outbreaks. Membership is open to any partner nation willing to join and contribute. The Alliance endeavors to rapidly advance all participating countries' plans, tactics, and capabilities by cultivating international relationships, and sharing and leveraging best practices. APORA began as a military event, but has expanded to include our civilian partner agencies. The program is Africa led, AFRICOM facilitated, and managed and executed by AFAFRICA. The conferences are held is several different countries and differ with each conference. show less
Mutually beneficial alliances and partnerships are an enduring U.S. strength and are critical to achieving United States Air Force objectives. French Language Enabled Airman Program Scholar Master Sgt. Dieudonne Batawila recently supported the Office of the Command Surgeon USAFE-AFAFRICA in strengthening partnerships with 27 African partner nations through the global health engagement hosted by the African Partnership Outbreak Response...
The 9th annual African Partnership Outbreak Response Alliance conference, designed to support efforts to collectively respond to infectious disease outbreaks in Africa, concluded at the end of the third and final virtual seminar Oct. 7.
The eighth iteration of the African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance engagement, focused on ‘One World, One Health,’ took place at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 18 – 21, 2019.
