USAID and Abt Associates Collaborate with LAC Countries to Fight Mosquito-borne Diseases In September 2016, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Zika AIRS Project (ZAP) to respond to the rapid spread of the Zika virus across Latin America and the Caribbean. In three years, ZAP worked with more than 10 countries […]
Children Champion for Change
ZAP Creates School-based Curricula to Prevent Spread of Mosquito-borne disease At 12 and 14 years old, Marlena Lourdes and Jose Manuel are proud to be champions for change. Appointed leaders to their school’s sixth grade council in the small village of La Majada in Chiquimula, Guatemala, the two children are organizing parades and community events […]
Fighting the Bite to Prevent Zika
ZAP Equips Guatemala with Skills to Fight Mosquito-borne Disease The first time Juan Jose Diaz, Vector Control Coordinator for the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Chiquimula, Guatemala, heard about the Zika AIRS Project (ZAP) and all it had planned, he didn’t believe any of it would happen. Two years later, he’s an enthusiastic supporter. “The […]
