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U.S. Army medical professionals work with Burundians to deliver babies

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

May 24, 2023 | 1:10

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Luiz Correa, OBGYN, 44th Medical Brigade and U.S. Army Maj. Jordan Gammons, Registered Nurse, Womack Army Medical Center, work with medical professionals from the Burundi National Defense Force during MEDREX Burundi 2023 in Bujumbura, Burundi, 15 May to 2 June 2023.

Correa and Gammons are part of a 20-person U.S. Army medical team working with Burundian counterparts at the Military Hospital Kamenge in Bujumbura.

MEDREX is a medical readiness exercise, planned and executed by the United States Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, that allow military health specialists from the U.S. Army and their African Partners to exchange medical practices, procedures and techniques that build and strengthen treatment capabilities, resulting in lasting relationships between medical professionals.