Photo by Douglas Holl | Defense Health Agency | 06.03.2024
Vector-borne diseases, or VBDs, pose a risk to U.S. service members during military training exercises, operations, response missions, and deployments outside the continental U.S. Malaria and dengue fever, the VBDs most commonly experienced by the military in the last 12 years, are transmitted by mosquitoes. Service members, family members, and Department of Defense civilians should follow the......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Haydn Smith | U.S. Africa Command | 07.18.2023
ACCRA, GHANA –– Prof. N’Dri Athanase Yao, Brig. Gen. (Ret.), dons a U.S. Naval Forces Africa, U.S. Naval Forces Africa command ball cap at the Africa Malaria Task Force (AMTF) conference, July 18, 2023. The AMTF brought experts together from 25 partner nations to address best practices for detection and eradication of malaria throughout Africa, with a specific focus on the emerging......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Haydn Smith | U.S. Africa Command | 07.18.2023
ACCRA, GHANA –– U.S. Navy Cmdr. Carla Pappalardo takes a photo with Brig. Gen. Dr. Raymond Ewusi, Director General, 37th Military Hospital, Ghana Armed Forces, and Capt. Dr. Harriet Manu, Ghanaian Navy, at the Africa Malaria Task Force (AMTF) conference, July 18, 2023. The AMTF brought experts together from 25 partner nations to address best practices for detection and eradication of......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Haydn Smith | U.S. Africa Command | 07.18.2023
ACCRA, GHANA –– U.S. Army Col. Tom Eccles, United States Africa Command surgeon, identifies different mosquito species through a microscope with Deputy Superintendent of Police Emmanuel Baba Asabila, Ghana Police, at the Africa Malaria Task Force (AMTF) conference, July 18, 2023. The AMTF brought experts together from 25 partner nations to address best practices for detection and......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Haydn Smith | U.S. Africa Command | 07.18.2023
ACCRA, GHANA –– Members of the Ghana Army troubleshoot machinery at the Africa Malaria Task Force (AMTF) conference, July 18, 2023. The AMTF brought experts together from 25 partner nations to address best practices for detection and eradication of malaria throughout Africa, with a specific focus on the emerging threat from the invasive malaria-causing species, Anopheles stephensi....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Haydn Smith | U.S. Africa Command | 07.18.2023
ACCRA, GHANA –– Lt. Cmdr. Ima-Obong Mfon Ekam-Ukere, Nigerian Navy, learns how to use various mosquito traps for research purposes at the Africa Malaria Task Force (AMTF) conference, July 18, 2023. The AMTF brought experts together from 25 partner nations to address best practices for detection and eradication of malaria throughout Africa, with a specific focus on the emerging threat from......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Haydn Smith | U.S. Africa Command | 07.18.2023
ACCRA, GHANA –– Lt. Col. Julianna Munyao, Kenya Defence Forces, identifies different mosquito species through a microscope at the Africa Malaria Task Force (AMTF) conference, July 18, 2023. The AMTF brought experts together from 25 partner nations to address best practices for detection and eradication of malaria throughout Africa, with a specific focus on the emerging threat from the......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Haydn Smith | U.S. Africa Command | 07.17.2023
ACCRA, GHANA –– A panel of key leaders in Africa’s counter-Malaria efforts answer questions from entomologists and medical professionals at the Africa Malaria Task Force (AMTF) conference, July 17, 2023. The AMTF brought experts together from 25 partner nations to address best practices for detection and eradication of malaria throughout Africa, with a specific focus on the emerging......
