Malaria in the Caribbean: a double-way approach
Malaria, as other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, does not recognice boundaries between countries. This is a bi-national project to eradicate malaria from Haiti and the Dominican Republic. With a prevention-oriented and educational approach, it seeks to promote the awareness of the population and train doctors and nurses.
The high incidence of malaria, an endemic disease transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito, has become a challenge for global health. Its propagation affects mostly tropical countries, preventing their economic and human development.
For epidemiology experts, eradicating malaria in Middle America is "technically possible, medically desirable, and economically beneficial". This is the basis of the implementation of the bi-national project executed in the province of Dajabón in the Dominican Republic, and the Municipality of Ouanaminthe in Haití, where the radio plays a key role.
Radio Marién, headed by Jesuit priest Guillermo Perdomo, involves the community as key actor to reduce the cases of malaria. In the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this means of communication promotes education in health, organization, and participation of the communities, providing the methods to prevent malaria to the beneficiaries.
The project is implemented through a strategic alliance with: Global Fund, Centro Nacional de Control de Enfermedades Tropicales-CENCET (National Center for the Control of Tropical Diseases), Radio Marién, Panamerican Health Organization (PHO), World Health Organization (WHO), Unión de Centros de Madres Mujeres Fronterizas (Union of Mothers Centers of Frontier Women), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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