April 25, 2018, 6:00 am
By The Carter Center
Malaria, a potentially deadly disease, with its fevers, aches, and extreme fatigue, definitely is not cool. But a music video featuring a great dance beat and a team of top Haitian performers? Now that’s cool!
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Video posted with permission, courtesy of Haiti’s Ministry of Health
At the invitation of the governments …
February 21, 2018, 1:44 pm
By The Carter Center
For these boys, freedom from a disfiguring disease means freedom to pursue their dreams on the diamond.
Angel Ciriaco and Rigoberto Bryan are best friends who live in San Pedro de Macoris, a province in the southeastern Dominican Republic. The two 16-year-olds like to talk about school, about girls, and most of all about baseball.
Baseball is a big deal …
November 6, 2015, 6:00 am
By Gregory Noland
In honor of Malaria Day in the Americas, we asked Carter Center expert and epidemiologist Dr. Gregory Noland to explain how fighting the disease in Hispaniola differs from strategies employed in Africa.
The island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is the only island in the Caribbean that has not yet eliminated malaria. The Carter Center’s Hispaniola …
April 9, 2015, 5:30 pm
By The Carter Center
The Carter Center began its work in Haiti and the Dominican Republic after a 2006 recommendation by the Center-sponsored International Task Force for Disease Eradication declared it is “technically feasible, medically desirable, and economically beneficial” to eliminate both malaria and lymphatic filariasis from the shared island of Hispaniola.
Today, Dr. Stephen Blount, director of Special Health Programs at The Carter …
