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240827-N-N3764-3003 UMARIAÇU, Brazil (Aug. 27, 2024) The Brazilian Navy hosted a ceremony at the mission's midpoint to commemorate the initial success in the exchange of medical expertise and medical care provided to isolated communities along the Amazon River while the NAsH Doutor Montenegro (U16) was moored in Umariaçu, Brazil. The ceremony sustained the cultural and linguistic exchange facilitated by the humanitarian mission. The five-week mission, which began in early August, brought together U.S. Navy doctors, microbiologists and environmental health experts with their Brazilian counterparts to address public health challenges and provide medical care along the Amazon River. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo/Released)
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