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CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti -- Health professionals from the U.S. military, coalition partners and local community joined together to discuss challenges posed to medical personnel providing care for troops operating within East Africa during a military tropical medicine (MTM) course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Aug. 19-21.
Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa surgeon cell staff partnered with the Navy Medicine Professional Development Center (NMPDC) to share knowledge and experience gained from their work in Africa and around the world during the three-day course.
“Medical providers who provide health care services to DoD members throughout the combined joint operations area (CJOA) are confronted with diseases that are uncommon outside of this deployed location,” said U.S. Air Force Maj. Ryan Button, a public health officer in the CJTF-HOA surgeon cell. “The MTM course will equip these medical providers with the knowledge and skills necessary to confront the many tropical diseases that threaten mission readiness of the force throughout the CJOA.”
During the course, military medical specialists shared knowledge of disease symptoms, treatment options and how viruses affect the body in a contingency environment. Topics discussed included travel medicine, malaria, hemorrhagic fevers, diarrheal diseases, rabies, HIV and tropical dermatology issues.
“Attendees learned advanced knowledge and skills that will enhance medical responses to threats generated by diseases across the CJOA,” said Button.
As the most valuable asset of the military, members must be fit and healthy to perform a wide variety of tasks in any location, each with its own set of challenges.
With medical professionals trading their most effective treatment techniques and keeping current on regional illnesses, coalition partners and deployed service members stand a better chance of warding off illness and effectively treating the sick and wounded in the field.
“The MTM course protects U.S. interests by ensuring medical providers have adequate knowledge to properly address tropical diseases in the CJOA, which DoD members may potentially be exposed to,” said Button.
The CJTF-HOA surgeon cell holds the MTM course once a year, and the course is open to anyone interested in learning about MTM. Attendees also earn 18 continuing medical education credits.
| Date Taken: | 08.21.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 09.05.2019 03:56 |
| Story ID: | 338295 |
| Location: | DJ |
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