U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Ben Backsmeir, a West Point Rotary Ambassador Scholar, hands a pair of long-lasting insecticidal nets to a resident of Hawi Gudina, a village hard-hit by a malaria outbreak, during a net distribution by a U.S. Army 418th Civil Affairs team assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, July 27. The distribution is part of the $1.2 billion Presidential Malaria Initiative to combat the disease, and involves collaboration between CJTF-HOA, the U.S. Agency for International Development, Center for Disease Control and the Ethiopian government and local volunteers. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Laird/Released)
| Date Taken: | 07.27.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 08.03.2010 05:16 |
| Photo ID: | 306142 |
| VIRIN: | 100727-N-7241L-033 |
| Resolution: | 2100x1500 |
| Size: | 1.81 MB |
| Location: | HAWI GUDINA, ET |
| Web Views: | 42 |
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