Humanitarian assistance in UN operations: laboratory and consultative support of a local hospital hospital in eritrea From: Military Medicine | Date: August 1, 2002| Author: Gibson, Neil E | Copyright Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Aug 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The United Nations Mission to Eritrea and Ethiopia deployed to monitor a cease-fire in a mutually agreed upon Temporary Security Zone. Support for the United Nations (UN) troops included a Field Dressing Station supplied by the Dutch Navy, augmented by Canadian personnel. As with most missions of this type, the health of the deployed Canadian and Dutch soldiers is such that there is time to provide some medical support to local civilian institutions. This article describes this interaction in...