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            <div class="image-caption">AMAZON RIVER, Brazil (Nov. 22, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Nehkonti Adams, an infectious diseases specialist, left, and Lt. Gregory Condos, a U.S. Navy internal medicine specialist, middle, work with 2nd Lt. Raissa Vieira Sanchez, a Brazilian medical officer, right, to diagnose an elderly woman on her houseboat near a remote village along the Amazon River in Brazil. Adams and Condos are members of a team of five U.S. Navy doctors who are engaging in a month-long humanitarian mission up the Amazon River. The team is working with the Brazilian Navy to deliver healthcare to some of the most isolated people in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Brame/Released)</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">AMAZON RIVER, Brazil (Nov. 21, 2017) A team of five U.S. Navy doctors travel to a remote village along the Amazon River in Brazil, November 21. Clockwise from left, they are Lt. Cmdr. Patricia Hogan, an internal medicine specialist; Lt. Cmdr. Robert P. Lennon, a specialist in general medicine; Lt. Cmdr. Thomas K. Barlow, a specialist in dermatology; Lt. Gregory J Condos, an internal medicine specialist; and Lt. Cmdr. Nehkonti Adams, an infectious diseases specialist. The team is engaging in a month-long humanitarian mission up the Amazon River. They are working with the Brazilian Navy to deliver healthcare to some of the most isolated people in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Brame/Released)</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">AMAZON RIVER, Brazil (Nov. 21, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Nehkonti Adams, an infectious diseases specialist, works with 2nd Lt. Raissa Vieira Sanchez, a Brazilian medical officer, to diagnose a small boy from a remote village along the Amazon River in Brazil, November 21. Adams is part of a team of five U.S. Navy doctors who are engaging in a month-long humanitarian mission up the Amazon River. The team is working with the Brazilian Navy to deliver healthcare to some of the most isolated people in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Brame/Released)</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">AMAZON RIVER, Brazil (Nov. 27, 2017) Cmdr. Carlos Marco, Manaus Naval Polyclinic Director, left, comforts a 14-year-old indigenous boy aboard NAsH Soares de Meirelles on the Amazon River in Brazil. Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Barlow, a U.S. Navy doctor, right, and 1st Lt. Priscila Tomy Ribeiro, a Brazilian medical officer, middle, clean the gunshot wound in the boy's hand. After the injury, the boy's family had hailed the NAsH Soares de Meirelles, which was passing along the river, and had used a small boat to bring him to the ship for medical attention. Barlow is a member of a team of five U.S. Navy doctors who are engaging in a month-long humanitarian mission up the Amazon River. The team is working with the Brazilian Navy to deliver healthcare to some of the most isolated people in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Brame/Released)</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">AMAZON RIVER, Brazil (Nov. 29, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Patricia Hogan, a U.S. Navy doctor, plays with two young girls in the waiting area aboard NAsH Soares de Meirelles on the Amazon River near the remote village of Santo Antonio do Beruri in Brazil. Hogan is a member of a team of five U.S. Navy doctors who are engaging in a month-long humanitarian mission up the Amazon River. The team is working with the Brazilian Navy to deliver healthcare to some of the most isolated people in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Brame/Released)</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">AMAZON RIVER, Brazil (Nov. 29, 2017) Lt. Gregory Condos, a U.S. Navy doctor, lets a young boy from the remote village of Santo Antonio do Beruri wear his stethoscope aboard NAsH Soares de Meirelles on the Amazon River in Brazil. Condos is a member of a team of five U.S. Navy doctors who are engaging in a month-long humanitarian mission up the Amazon River. The team is working with the Brazilian Navy to deliver healthcare to some of the most isolated people in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Brame/Released)</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">AMAZON RIVER, Brazil (Nov. 22, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Nehkonti Adams, an infectious diseases specialist, front, and Lt. Gregory Condos, a U.S. Navy internal medicine specialist, middle, work with 2nd Lt. Raissa Vieira Sanchez, a Brazilian medical officer, back, to diagnose an elderly woman near a remote village along the Amazon River in Brazil. Adams and Condos are members of a team of five U.S. Navy doctors who are engaging in a month-long humanitarian mission up the Amazon River. The team is working with the Brazilian Navy to deliver healthcare to some of the most isolated people in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Brame/Released)</div>
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    <div><b>By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Brame </b> <span class="date">/ Published Dec. 16, 2017</span></div>
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    <p>SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- U.S. Navy doctors recently returned from a month-long humanitarian mission along the Amazon River in Brazil.</p>
<p>The doctors were working with the Brazilian Navy aboard the NAsH Soares de Meirelles (U21), a Brazilian riverine hospital ship, delivering healthcare to remote communities along the river. These communities include some of the most isolated people in the world, and for many of them, missions like this one provide access to healthcare the populations would not otherwise receive. </p>
<p>According to Lt. Cmdr. Nehkonti Adams, the U.S. team leader, the collaboration accomplished three objectives. The primary objective was to provide healthcare to the riverine population along the Amazon River. The team also took time to exchange professional knowledge and to look for ways to continue medical collaboration between the two countries in the future.</p>
<p>In addition to the professional value of the collaboration, Adams discussed the significance of the mission to the people it served. </p>
<p>"These people are subsistence farmers," Adams said, speaking of the riverine population. "The parents in the family are productive, so if one of them becomes ill, that's a major setback for the family." </p>
<p>Adams said that the mission was both a success and a great experience. </p>
<p>"If I could use a phrase to best summarize it," said Adams, "I would say 'bright beginnings.' Medicine is medicine, whether it's in Brazil or in the United States.</p>
<p>It's very easy to exchange information, and it's been great to work with the Brazilians. They'll be best friends with you in one day."</p>
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