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.
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