FINAL REPORT 18JAN93

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Subject: FINAL REPORT   18JAN93                                          

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                      PREVENTIVE IIEDICINE AUGMENTATION TEAM AFTER ACTION REPORT
                      garbage and the potential for large populations Of other vectors
                      wa; considered.

                                                b.  Prior to departure the team visited
                      pesticide distributors in Da=am, Saudi Arabia and obtained
                      availability and price Information for the Government of Kuwait
                  .....Ministry of Jisalth.  A list .of pesticides was developed       with
                      amounts that'the contractor should purchase to restock the Kuwait-
                      pesticide Garage.

                                                c. Similar to the other teamo, the Vector
                      Control Team found conditions different than they expected.       The
                      team very gui@IY:

                                                       (1)      Visited   hospitals     and
                      Interviewed doctors on prevalence    of vector-.bo=e diseases.     No
                      ver,tor-borne diseases were reported In Kuwait during the occupation
                      a-,id they gave no Indication that any would be a likely problem.

                                                       (2)   Perfo=ed assaseraent of the
                      Post Control Garage.    Reviewed their activities for the past 7
                      months.   Of special note was removal -of their pesticide mixing
                      @ipme;nt which was flown to Iraq,       Also noted was the nearly
                      complete relmoval of thei-r pesticide supplies and vehicles used for
                      spraying by the Iraqi military.

                                                       (3) Assisted the Ministry of Health
                      in an overall assessment of the post azd vector situation.

                                                       (4)   Provided vector control in
                morgues for flies, and a-. the V.      S. Embassy and airport for
                      mo@itos.
                                                       (5)     Ac@red, body bags and
                      delivered  them to several hospitals In which morgue storage
                      facilities had been exceeded and fly populatlons bad burgeoned.

                                                       (6) Transferred approximately 655k
                      worth of  pesticides, pesticide spraying equipment, ancL.g"ariLl
                      laboratory azzuipmant from the team to the Kuwait Post Control
                      Garage.                     5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6)
                                                c                      @ovd- i5f -thlw rodeni'
                      control division, reported the-, on 09 1         %bout 120 previous
                      employees would be ratu3ning to work. These are experienced post
                      control worxers averaging about-l@ears on the job.

                                                d.   Since during  the occupation most of
                       .be pesticides and equipment were stalan.    the decision was made
                      that the greatest help we could provide was to transfer our past
                      control supplies and equipment to the.-.

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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
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Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 17-DEC-1996