The
MEDCAP, held in partnership with the PRO-9 Officer' Ladies Club, was conducted in Barangay Mariki, one of the areas severely affected by the 2013 Zamboanga siege.
The next morning, they approached a town called Dahaneh with the intent of setting up another
MEDCAP.
They also include Medical and Veterinary Civil Action (
MEDCAP and VETCAP) projects, through which U.S.
Officials at the Medical Civic Action Program (
MEDCAP) and Veterinary Civic Action Program (VETCAP) hope that by bringing these organizations together for free medical services, it can help provide peace and stability and improve the health for people in this remote area.
Combined Filipino and US
MEDCAP and DENTCAP teams conducted medical and dental treatment and health care services.
The
MEDCAP team, made up of Soldiers assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, 360th Civil Affairs Brigade force-protection personnel, Sailors from Camp Lemonier's Expeditionary Medical Facility, and medics from the 414th Civil Affairs Battalion, visited several villages in the Gaggade Desert.
When units can set up a
MEDCAP with one side for males, treated by males, and one side for females, treated by females, our Soldiers are able to reach a large part of the population and gain information that may not have been provided otherwise.
"The experience and expertise that our physicians brought with them saved the lives of several Senegalese during this
MEDCAP (Medical Civil Actions Program)," she said.
An ANA doctor remarked that a Medical Civil Affairs Program (
MEDCAP) is good for the ANA and townspeople alike.
This year, there have been two major exercises--MEDFLAG and
MEDCAP, both of which have been undertaken by the US military's European Command, and involved army, air force and navy personnel.
Among the most important OOTW for military nurses are Medical Community Action Program (
MEDCAP) missions.
HCP Medical Office Portfolio has closed an agreement to acquire 100 medical office buildings from
MedCap Properties, LLC in a $460M deal.