Infectious Disease

CDC, health officials use innovative ways to fight diseases abroad

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 25th, 2004

When U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials were faced with the task of keeping villagers in Ghana from ingesting microscopic worm larvae that causes guinea worm disease, they turned to local women to spread the message.

"A small group of motivated women can generate a very good response in their community," said Hilda Seda of the CDC.

In Puerto Rico, health officials used a children's parade and the Head Start child health program to get moms involved in the fight against dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease. Atlanta-based group SisterLove, Inc. recruited rural South African residents to teach each other how to stop the...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-03-25)

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