Category: Dominican Republic

The “Ride” To Eliminating Malaria In Haiti

Malaria Zero has one bold goal: to eliminate malaria from the island of Hispaniola, which includes Haiti and the Dominican Republic, by 2020.

CDC works with Haiti and the Dominican Republic to eliminate malaria by 2020. #endmalaria #WMD2016 Tweet This The town of Dame Marie on the southwestern tip of Haiti, is 225 miles from the country’s teeming, chaotic capital Port-au-Prince. But getting there by car—on a good day—can easily take eight hard-fought, kidney-bashing, hairpin-turning hours. That may Read More >

April 22, 2016 by Michelle Chang, MD, Medical Epidemiologist/Director of Malaria Zero3 Comments

Archive, malaria, parasitic diseases

Dominican Republic, eliminate malaria, Haiti, Hispaniola, mosquito-borne diseases, World Malaria Day

An Important Partnership in Central America

On the streets of Tegucigalpa or San Salvador or Santo Domingo or in the capitals of five other Central American countries, few people would be able to provide an answer to this question: What is the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America’s (COMISCA)? Despite the understandable lack of awareness, COMISCA has emerged Read More >

September 2, 2014 by Dr. Nelson Arboleda, CDC Central American Regional Office Director

Archive, health systems strengthening

Belize, Caribbean, Central America, Costa Rica, disease surveillance, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, HIV/AIDS, Honduras, influenza pandemic, Latin America, Nicaragua, Panama