The African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance, also known as APORA, met for the second time Aug. 11-13 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - Dr. Charles Beadling, director of the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, leads a group of APORA members in a small group discussion.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - Alliance members listen to a presentation from Cmdr. Edward Nyarko, Ghana Armed Forces, during the second African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance meeting held in Burkina Faso.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - Brig. Gen. Mahama Alhassan, APORA chair and director of Ghana Armed Forces Military Health Services, delivers opening remarks.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - Major Bockarie Massaquoi from Sierra Leone listens to a presentation during the second APORA meeting in Burkina Faso.

U.S. Navy Capt. David Weiss, command surgeon for U.S. Africa Command, addresses the 60 participants of the first ever African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance meeting in Accra, Ghana, April 20, 2015. More than 60 military and civilian doctors and medical practitioners from 12 African nations attended the meeting to discuss the capabilities of African partner nations to respond to a disease outbreak. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Tech. Sgt. Olufemi A Owolabi)

Nigerian Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Life Ajemba, left, asks members of the Liberian Armed Forces a question, during their lesson-learned presentation at the African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance meeting in Accra, Ghana, April 20, 2015. More than 60 military and civilian doctors and medical practitioners from 12 African nations attended the meeting to discuss the capabilities of African partner nations to respond to a disease outbreak. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Tech. Sgt. Olufemi A Owolabi)

Participants of the first African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance meeting pose for a photo in Accra, Ghana, April 20, 2015. More than 60 military and civilian doctors and medical practitioners from 12 African nations attended the meeting to discuss the capabilities of African partner nations to respond to a disease outbreak. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Tech. Sgt. Olufemi A Owolabi)

Participants take notes during the lesson-learned presentation by members of the Liberian Armed Forces during the first African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance meeting in Accra, Ghana, April 20, 2015. More than 60 military and civilian doctors and medical practitioners from 12 African nations attended the meeting to discuss the capabilities of African partner nations to respond to a disease outbreak. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Tech. Sgt. Olufemi A Owolabi)

Maj. Gen. Worthe Holt, special advisor to the commander, U.S. Africa Command, delivers opening remarks during the first African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance meeting in Accra, Ghana, April 20, 2015. Military and civilian doctors and medical practitioners from 12 African nations attended the three-day meeting. (U.S. AFRICOM photo by Tech. Sgt. Olufemi A Owolabi)