Emergency Dispatch Vol 4 2014

This year’s mission will be conducted from
USNS Mercy . US Pacific Fleet sponsored
PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP is an annual US Pacific
Fleet sponsored training and readiness mission
to perform humanitarian assistance in the US
Pacific Command Area of Responsibility. The
mission works by, with and through host and
partner nations, non-governmental organisations
and Government agencies.
The PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP team will work with
host nations on public health and preventive
medicine, veterinary care, optometry and
ophthalmology, dental, adult and paediatric
medicine, medical subject matter expert
exchange, immunizations, nutritional counselling,
biomedical repair and medical environmental
assessments.
As requested by each host nation, PACIFIC
PARTNERSHIP engineers will provide focused
humanitarian civic assistance to include school
and medical clinic repairs, water catchment
system improvements and in Cambodia the
establishment of three fresh water wells.
Additionally, the engineering team will provide
support to the medical and dental healthcare
providers.
PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP is truly a partnership with
a multinational team and host nations working
alongside each other to improve the lives of the
people.
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