U.S. Soldiers Facilitate Malaria Laboratory Training in Tanzania

A team of U.S. Army instructors from Combined Joint Task Force — Horn of Africa provided malaria microscopy training to 20 Tanzanian medical laboratory technicians, November 23 – December 4, 2009.

The instruction was conducted at the National Reference Laboratory and Quality Assurance Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in cooperation with U.S. Army Medical Research Unit — Kenya (USAMRU-K) and their Kenyan partners, the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative — Tanzania.