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PRT, French Task Force conduct joint medical operation
By U. S. Air Force Senior Airman Jason A. Troup, Kapisa and Parwan PRT Public Affairs Office
Sep 2, 2009 - 7:47:26 PM
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| A medic with the Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ashley Jackson (left), assists a French soldier with Task Force Korrigan, while administering Typhoid vaccinations during a joint medical operation in the Afghania Valley of Kapisa province, Afghanistan, Aug. 29. PRTs work with the Afghan government to increase infrastructure and necessary services including schools, roads and medical facilities. The team aims to connect Afghans to their government and separate them from insurgent influence. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jason Troup, Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team) |
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - The Kapisa and Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team members joined with French service members from Task Force Korrigan to conduct a joint medical operation supporting local children, Aug. 29, in the Afghania valley of Kapisa province, Afghanistan.
During the operation, the group, which consisted of medical professionals from both forces, focused largely on preventative medicine, and vaccinated several children for Typhoid fever.
Senior Airman Ashley Jackson, a medic for the PRT, administered Typhoid vaccinations to 50 of the 200 children who received them.
Jackson said she enjoyed helping the local children.
"Any vaccination that we can get out to the people will be beneficial. Disease spreads fast here, and the percentage is one in four children die from disease before the age of five," Jackson said.
"The area is not as permissive for us, and it's an outreach saying that we are here to help. The French doctors work with an Afghan doctor in the area and he expressed interest in the French coming out and giving the typhoid vaccination. We were glad to be able to come along, Jackson added"
Kapisa and Parwan PRT works with the Afghan government to increase infrastructure and necessary services including schools, roads and medical facilities.
The PRT, which is comprised of members of the Department of Defense, Department of State, United States Agency for International Development and the Department of Agriculture, aims to connect the Afghan to their government and separate them from insurgent influence. The program enables Afghans to develop, create, and sustain projects within their communities.
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| A medical officer with the Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team, U.S. Air Force Maj. Lori Adams (left) assists a French soldier with Task Force Korrigan while administering Typhoid vaccinations during a joint medical operation in the Afghan Valley of Kapisa province, Afghanistan, Aug. 29. PRTs work with the Afghan government to increase infrastructure and necessary services including schools, roads and medical facilities. The team aims to connect Afghans to their government and separate them from insurgent influence. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jason Troup, Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team) |
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