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On 12/21/2010 4:55:12 PM Major Alexander Bingcang, U.S. Africa Command wrote
The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) was invited to participate in a Civil Military Operations (CIMIC) project spearheaded by the Jordanian Medical Level III Hospital (Jormed III) staff of United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). Four members of OPERATION ONWARD LIBERTY (OOL) provided advice to the AFL during this five-hour event.
School children from the Alfred & Agnes Orphanage and Elementary and Jr. High School in Brewerville, Montserrado County, were given outpatient care and a meal on Dec. 9 2010. Brewerville is a located just north of downtown Monrovia.
The AFL continues to paint an image in the surrounding community as a "Force for Good." This medical outreach makes it the third medical outreach for the AFL in collaboration with UNMIL in the past two months. OOL was present in those previous outreaches as well which included involvement with UN Volunteers and UNICEF.
For this outreach, 20 AFL members of the recently established Logistics Command (LOGCOM) were either involved in taking vital signs, communicating the child's medical complaints to the five Jordanian physicians, providing instruction on how to take the dispensed medication, directing patients or distributing school supplies donated by the country of Jordan.
A handful of the children displayed symptoms consistent with malaria, a highly prevalent disease in Liberia. None of the children were sick enough to require immediate hospitalization; several were referred to the clinic for further evaluation and treatment. The Jormed III staff and the AFL medical section have a strong history of partnership.
In February 2010, Jormed III furnished medications to the AFL for AFL's own medical outreach the same week as Armed Forces Day. At today's combined medical outreach, AFL medical officer 2LT Kowo continued the collaboration and discussed future medical plans for the 2011 Armed Forces Day with Jormed III Hospital Commander Col Almashaqbeh.
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