Programs Director, African Peacekeeping Rapid Peacekeeping Partnership (APRRP) Federal Lead, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), Center for Global Health Engagement (CGHE).
Training Manager, APRRP, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) contractor in support of USU's CGHE.
Med J (Ft Sam Houst Tex). 2021 Jan-Mar(PB 8-21-01/02/03):111-117.
The global COVID-19 pandemic resulted in restriction of non-essential travel across the globe, as seen in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Memorandum, "Force Health Protection Guidance (Supplement 4): DoD Guidance for Personnel Traveling During the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak" (11 March 2020). This resulted in the suspension of most, if not all, Department of Defense (DoD) security cooperation (SC) programs, including DoD Global Health Engagement (GHE) activities.1 One such program is the African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership (APRRP), which relies heavily on face-to-face interactions with select African Partner Nations (PNs), and which was significantly impacted by the inability to conduct in-person training with key partners. In light of these restrictions and suspended activities, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU's) Center for Global Health Engagement (CGHE), in support of the US Africa Command (USAFRICOM) Office of the Command Surgeon, explored virtual means to execute DoD GHE activities to continue engaging its APRRP PNs, pending return to in-country activities.
全球 COVID-19 大流行导致全球范围内非必要旅行受限，正如国防部副部长办公室备忘录“部队健康保护指南（增补 4）：国防部在新型冠状病毒爆发期间人员旅行指南”（2020 年 3 月 11 日）中所看到的那样。这导致大多数（如果不是全部）国防部（DoD）安全合作（SC）计划暂停，包括国防部全球卫生参与（GHE）活动。1 其中一个计划是非洲维和快速反应伙伴关系（APRRP），该计划严重依赖与选定的非洲伙伴国家（PN）进行面对面互动，由于无法与主要合作伙伴进行现场培训，该计划受到了严重影响。鉴于这些限制和暂停的活动，统一服务大学卫生科学中心（USU 的）全球卫生参与中心（CGHE），支持美国非洲司令部（USAFRICOM）司令部军医办公室，探索了执行国防部 GHE 活动的虚拟手段，以继续与其 APRRP PN 保持接触，等待返回国内活动。
