Jamila, a 7-month-old baby girl, attends a Village Medical Outreach Program (VMOP) in Shewan, Afghanistan, with her ill mother, Dec. 13, 2009. This is the first time since the Taliban were cleared from Shewan Village that a VMOP has been conducted. Jamila and her mother were amongst the 1,350 patients that were seen and treated that day by local Farah Hospital doctors and staff that travelled with the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to the old district center in Shewan. Jamila’s mother heard about the VMOP as it was broadcasted over loud speakers in the village in Dari and Pashto. T
Jamila, a 7-month-old baby girl, attends a Village Medical Outreach Program (VMOP) in Shewan, Afghanistan, with her ill mother, Dec. 13, 2009. This is the first time since the Taliban were cleared from Shewan Village that a VMOP has been conducted. Jamila and her mother were amongst the 1,350 patients that were seen and treated that day by local Farah Hospital doctors and staff that travelled with the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to the old district center in Shewan. Jamila’s mother heard about the VMOP as it was broadcasted over loud speakers in the village in Dari and Pashto. The VMOP was promoted in the area by the Marine Special Forces for two days prior to the event.
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