Soldiers Work to Prevent Disease Through Animal Health

By CJTF-HOA Public Affairs

June 19, 2013

U.S. Soldiers serving in Africa are working to prevent the next Mad Cow or Avian Bird Flu disease. Tech. Sgt. Jon LaDue takes us to Uganda where an emphasis on animal health could prevent the next world-wide epidemic.

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AMISOM strength bolstered with AFRICOM vehicle delivery to UPDF

A member of the Uganda People’s Defence Force assists in parking a convoy of armored troop carrying vehicles provided by the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of State as they are driven into the UPDF compound, Mogadishu International Airport, Somalia, Sept. 25, 2017. The contribution comes with spare parts for the vehicles and a maintenance team assigned to train personnel for timely repairs. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Andria Allmond)

September 26, 2017

The African Union Mission in Somalia’s capabilities to provide security in Somalia were recently strengthened when U.S. military members of U.S. Africa Command and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa delivered nearly 20 vehicles and two storage containers to the Uganda People’s Defence Force here, Sept. 25.

Uganda military values humanity, hope while countering VEO actions with U.S. training

Members of the Uganda People’s Defence Force and the 346th Tactical Psychological Operations Company (Airborne) Soldiers from the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa work on a training scenario together at the Uganda Junior Command and Staff College, Jinja, Uganda, Aug. 14, 2017. Soldiers from CJTF-HOA were training UPDF members in the field of psychological operations as part of the U.S. mission of strengthening partner nation defense forces. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Andria Allmond)

August 31, 2017

A seemingly contrasting fusion of traits - strength and benevolence - appears to run through the veins of UPDF PSYOP military members.

U.S., Uganda forces build mental resilience

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Glaberman, Charlie Company, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion operations sergeant, talks about the effects combat stress can have on a person in a deployed environment, and how to recognize and treat it during a mental health sharing of best practices Oct. 10, 2016, in Mogadishu, Somalia. More than 40 members of the Uganda People’s Defense Force attended the class to learn about combat stress while they are deployed in support of the African Union Mission to Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

October 13, 2016

A U.S. Army Soldier deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and more than 40 members of the Africa Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) gathered for a sharing of best practices for mental health Oct. 10, 2016, in Mogadishu, Somalia.

UPDF, AMISOM in Somalia

A UPDF clinical officer in Barawe, Somalia examines an 82 year old. UPDF in AMISOM have doubled medical outreach program efforts by offering care and treating Somalian patients in Barawe. Approximately 300-500 patients receive free medical care monthly in UGABAG 14, Barawe, Somalia. (UPDF-Uganda Courtesy Photo)

September 1, 2015

Uganda People's Defence Force, African Union Mission to Somalia makes a difference by providing health, education and infrastructure development assistance in Barawe, Somalia.

One Health promotes positive changes in Uganda

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Lucas Wangerin, a physician assistant with Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa’s 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, discusses vaccinations with Ugandan animal and human health care workers during a One Health mission in the Kaabong district Aug. 19, 2013. One Health is a joint venture between U.S. and foreign militaries, the African Field Epidemiology Network, and the U.S. Agency for International Development with the purpose of increasing education and improving practices which prevent the spread of diseases from animals to humans. The One Health initiative allows CJTF–HOA to have a positive impact on the well–being of partner nations in the African Union Mission in East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Warren)

October 1, 2013

Uganda, the Pearl of Africa, is a lush, green, mountainous country home to 34.1 million people. The people who live there share the land with mountain gorillas, zebras, rhinos, and other wildlife and domesticated animals.

However, cohabitating with this wide array of animals comes at a cost when deadly diseases can spread from animals to humans or vice versa.

U.S. Mission Uganda sponsored One Health missions to Uganda's Kaabong and Kabale regions, led by staff from U.S. Agency