Fernandez and Martelly unite against cholera

President Leonel Fernandez and his Haitian counterpart Michel Joseph Martelly encabezarán in Santo Domingo on Wednesday the launch of the strategic plan to accelerate the Elimination of cholera in the island Hispaniola.

The announcement was made by the Minister of public health, Bautista Rojas Gomez, who explained that the initiative will wrap the Dominican Government through the Ministry of public health, the Haitian authorities, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the United Nations Fund for children (Unicef), the Centre for Control and prevention of diseases (CDC), as well as agencies of cooperation and organizations, non-governmental and international.

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indicated that preventive activity will take place in Hall the caryatids of the National Palace, from 9: 00 in the morning, where Fernandez and Martelly Presidents will make a call to action to the international community to ensure that it u000aeradicate the anger of the American continent.

The meeting will have simultaneous translation in Spanish, English and French, that will be connecting from Dominican Republic towards Washington with the World Health Organization (who) Headquarters from where will be addressed a message of the Director of that organization, Dr. Mirta Roses, who will also make a call to the international community to support the strategic plan for the eradication of cholera in Spanish.

Pointed out that common strategies to be implemented to strengthen interventions aimed at combating and eradicating cholera in both countries which share the island include the improvement of access to drinking water, including sources of supply in the home and in the community, through the chlorination of the liquid.

Also intensify the promotion of good hygiene and other preventive practices for public health measures, policies and u000aconsumption. safe food handling practices

In addition, the safe handling of excreta and solid waste, assessment of oral cholera vaccines for oral administration through vaccination and ensure pilots projects clinical care and treatment of good quality in the health facility and community.

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Bautista Rojas Gomez said that details of the meeting are ready and that next Wednesday the transcendent initiative will be to inform the world with an integrated approach to combat the disease throughout the island and with a call for the participation of the existing allies and the incorporation of others.

The Minister of public health noted that Dominican Republic has been recognized by the success achieved in the prevention and control of cholera since the disease came from neighboring Haiti in October of the year u000a2010.

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