USAID Peru Zika - Community volunteers

March 11, 2018 - Tumbes (Peru). Community health volunteers Alicia and Magda visit houses in their neighborhood to educate their community on how to prevent Zika infection. The volunteers also monitor for mosquito hot-spots using ovitraps, a community-based surveillance method, and report data to the local health department. In Peru, USAID supports the national health laboratories to study mosquitoes that spread Zika and help the country combat the spread of the disease. USAID strengthens government health systems across Latin America to combat Zika and prepare for future health threats. In Peru, USAID is leveraging community partners and leadership to disseminate key Zika information and battle Aedes aegypti mosquitoes through low-cost community-based methods. By working in Latin America and the Caribbean to control the spread of Zika, USAID is helping reduce travel-related infections and keeping citizens in the United States safe and healthy. © Thomas Cristofoletti / RUOM for USAID

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