The 2026 Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDREX) held annually, commenced with an opening ceremony at the 37 Military Hospital Boardroom on Monday, April 20, 2026.
MEDREX is a medical readiness exercise program planned and executed by the United States Army Southern Europe Task Force-Africa (SETAF-AF). The exercise allows military health professionals from the United States of America (USA) and their African partners to exchange medical practices, procedures and techniques that build and strengthen treatment capabilities, resulting in lasting relationships between the partners.
The exercise involves 25 U.S. medical professionals with specialties in obstetrics and gynecology, trauma and general surgery, critical care, dentistry, bio-engineering equipment repair. The team of 25 medical professionals will collaborate with the 37 military hospital doctors, nurses and medical repair technicians to provide patient care across various specialties throughout the three-week exercise.
The U.S. medical personnel drawn from the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Public Health Command-Europe, Dental Health Activity Rheinland-Pfalz, and the North Dakota National Guard worked alongside GAF medical professionals at the hospital and the National Dog Academy.
The Head of Department of the Obs and Gynae Brig Gen Richard Naab who stood in for the acting Deputy Chief of Staff Medical and Commander of the 37 Military hospital Brig Gen Evelyn Vivian Abraham –Kwabiah welcomed the team and said that since 2014, collaboration between the Ghana Armed Forces Medical Services and SETAF-AF has steadily grown, fostering enhanced readiness and interoperability between our respective militaries.
Brig Gen Naab thanked the team for coming to share their knowledge with us and said that over the past years, collaboration between the team and the facility has been beneficial and that this collaboration would strengthen team work, practical knowledge, skills and resilience.
MEDREX 2026 forms part of Exercise African Lion 2026, the U.S. Africa Command’s largest annual combined joint military exercise, hosted by Ghana for the fifth time.
The exercise aims to enhance skills in delivering rapid, adaptable and resource-efficient medical care in support of large-scale combat operations.
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