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| Mosquito control poster- Ministry of Health |
Hicaca and environs is about to push off.
Highlights for the upcoming brigade include:
- Reassessment of chlorine water sanitation project efficacy for sustainable potable water
- Re-deployment of home water filters for improvement of water sanitation, as summarized here.
- Ongoing implementation of new indoor cookstoves for improved indoor air quality, as previously summarized here.
- Ongoing deworming and assessment of mass deworming efficacy, in collaboration with Dr. Ana Sanchez of Brock University, Ontario, Canada.
- Ongoing installation of latrines to scale, in collaboration with the Pico Bonito Foundation, to minimize open defecation and the transmission of soil transmitted helminths
- At the request of the local Ministry of Health, as part of the station based clinic process- targeted, formal educational messages will be delivered. This will include messages to prevent diarrheal illnesses, respiratory illnesses and mosquito,vector-borne diseases such as Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika virus.
- Ongoing cervical pap smear assessments in collaboration with local public health authorities
- For the first time, in collaboration with our colleagues from Brock University, we will formally assess and de-lice school aged children.
As always, plans are fluid and subject to the unexpected nature of things in Honduras.
VCU News is with us this year, filming a short documentary.
Stay tuned
