UPDF, AMISOM in Somalia

By UPDF-Uganda Courtesy Photo
Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa

June 11, 2013

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)

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