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A hospital ship is anchored in the water.

Hospital Help

The hospital ship USNS Comfort anchors off the coast of Peru as part of an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America as part of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative, Oct. 30, 2018. Working with health and government partners in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Honduras, the embarked medical team provided care onboard and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems caused partly by an increase in cross-border migrants.

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