In collaboration with the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population, the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince announces the visit to Haiti of the U.S. hospital ship USNS Comfort. The Comfort will arrive in Port-au-Prince on September 10 and remain until September 19, 2015. The visit is part of the U.S. Navy's Continuing Promise 2015 exercise, a five-month humanitarian assistance mission occurring throughout the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Port-au-Prince will be the ship's twelfth and last stop on this mission.

The United States thanks the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population for hosting this mission. The crew of the hospital ship Comfort will work in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health and Population and international partners to offer medical, dental, and health care services to the people of Haiti.

The medical staff of the hospital ship will begin seeing patients on September 11 at the Haitian Coast Guard Admiral Killick base, Carrefour, and St. Luc Hospital, Tabarre. Consultations will end on September 18.

In addition to health care services, U.S. Naval engineers from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion and U.S. Marines Engineering Support Battalion will conduct engineering and construction projects to be identified by the Haitian government.

This mission highlights the critical importance which the U.S. government places on healthcare as part of its overall development efforts in Haiti.

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