CCOPAB takes part in the 35th World Veterinary Association Congress
San José, Costa Rica – The Veterinarian Colonel Francisco Augusto, from the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) – Sergio Vieira de Mello Center – presented his work “Disease Prevention in the Brazilian Government's Humanitarian Aid Mission to Venezuelan Refugees – Unique Health in the Army” at the 35th World Veterinary Association Congress.
The Congress took place in the city of San José – Costa Rica, from 27-30 April of this year.
In his work, COL Francisco Augusto showed the actions of disease prevention developed by veterinarian officers at Acolhida Operation, taking into account water and food security, as well as the fight against infections and plagues, sanitary surveillance and environmental management and actions of operational health from the multidisciplinary health teams for the military personnel in the mission and for Venezuelan refugees.
Issues regarding the health of military personnel in PKOs were presented at the Congress, such as the lecture “Emerging and Reemerging Diseases in the African Continent”, delivered by Doctor Gani Enahoro, Counselor of the World Veterinary Association for Africa, as well as the lecture “Cholera in Latin America”, given by Doctor Nicholas Thompson, from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Translation: LT Rangel.
