Army Maj. Lesean Wright, a perioperative nurse assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, presents a class on decreasing risk of surgical site infection to approximately 40 public health trainees during Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-2 at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Feb. 16, 2017. MEDRETE 17-2 includes participants from the Ghanaian government, Army Africa, Brooke Army Medical Center, and the North Dakota National Guard. It is the second in a series of medical readiness training exercises that USARAF is scheduled to facilitate in various cou


Army Maj. Lesean Wright, a perioperative nurse assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, presents a class on decreasing risk of surgical site infection to approximately 40 public health trainees during Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-2 at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Feb. 16, 2017. MEDRETE 17-2 includes participants from the Ghanaian government, Army Africa, Brooke Army Medical Center, and the North Dakota National Guard. It is the second in a series of medical readiness training exercises that USARAF is scheduled to facilitate in various countries in Africa. The mutually beneficial exercise offers opportunities for the partnered militaries to cooperate on medical specific tasks, share best practices and improve medical treatment processes.


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