Rebuilding Together: Colombia, JTF-Bravo Global Health Engagement Concludes on Providencia Island dialogo-americas.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dialogo-americas.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
17 PROVIDENCIA, Colombia – U.S. military service members and civilian providers with Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B), a U.S. Southern Command unit based out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, in coordination with the Colombian Ministry of Health, military, government, and non-government organizations, conducted a Global Health Engagement July 14-16.
Approximately 25 service members, including two civilian doctors, deployed to Colombia and conducted a medical readiness training exercise (MEDRETE) to provide expeditionary healthcare services to the island communities of Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands.
The rural islands were devastated after Hurricane Iota, a Category 4 storm, decimated 90 percent of the infrastructure in November 2020, including the local hospital.