title: Searching for Sustainability: How Niger's CASEVAC Success Is Leading the African Continent and Educating the GHE/IHS Community.
abstract: Against all odds and despite significant challenges and scarce resources, Niger's Armed Forces (FAN) continues to lead a successful casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) program. This program and the Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAFR) model that influenced it has become a template for the Global Health Engagement (GHE)/International Health Specialist (IHS) community. This article provides a summary of the overall CASEVAC mission, outlines the final phase sustainable execution of this program, and provides the reader with critical lessons learned for best practice GHE approaches.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Flatau
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008889:Military Personnel; D009548:Niger; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000458:organization & administration*