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 in the region to improve entomological monitoring and surveillance, vector control and […]
Kingston, Jamaica A graduate from the University of West Indies with a Bachelor of Science in Experimental Biology and a Master of Science in Forensic Science, Kerri-Ann Guyah has built her career in environmental health and safety. As ZAP Jamaica’s Vector Control and Environmental Compliance Manager for the Zika AIRS Project (ZAP), Guyah recently talked […]
ZAP Jamaica Provides Youth Income Opportunities, Job Skills Finding a job in Jamaica is not easy. For someone under the age of 25 with minimal skills, the task can be daunting. In fact, the Caribbean has one of the world’s highest rates of unemployment among youth age 15-24, with Jamaica at 22.2 percent in July […]
ZAP Goes Beyond Mosquito Control, Building Community through Household Visits With lush green forest and crystal blue waters lapping white sand beaches, Jamaica seems like an easy place to live by reggae king Bob Marley’s lyrics “don’t worry about a thing.” But things aren’t always worry-free. In fact, when the mosquito-borne Zika virus broke out […]
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. Watch how ZAP has helped to tackle the disease in Honduras.
The Zika AIRS Project (ZAP) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) held a Leadership Conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, from November 15-18, 2017. The conference brought together specialists on Zika prevention and control based in the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. ZAP […]
Community Widely Accepts Household Spraying Thanks to Spray Operators’ Enthusiasm and Messaging through Music The United States Agency for International Development’s Zika AIRS Project (ZAP) is creating new ways to fight against the Zika virus. In Guatemala, ZAP conducts targeted indoor residual spraying (IRS) in homes to kill the mosquitoes that spread this dangerous disease. […]
ZAP pilots IRS in the DR to reduce spread of the Zika virus The USAID-funded Zika AIRS Project in the Dominican Republic recently conducted an indoor residual spraying (IRS) campaign to reduce the spread of the Zika virus. IRS is not new in the Dominican Republic, having been used to control malaria outbreaks in the […]
ZAP works with households to remove mosquito breeding grounds to prevent the spread of the Zika virus The first cases of Zika transmission in Honduras were reported in December 2015. Despite the decline in suspected cases, the virus still remains a serious threat. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is working to improve […]
In 2015, the first case of the Zika virus transmitted locally in Latin America was identified in Brazil. One year later, more than 33 countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region were affected by the virus and the World Health Organization had declared a public emergency. While the spread of the virus is no […]
