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Why Did Zika Not Explode in Cuba? The Role of Active Community Participation to Sustain Control of Vector-Borne Diseases

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: As the global public health community develops strategies for sustainable Zika prevention and control, assessment of the Cuban response to Zika provides critical lessons learned. Cuba's early and successful response to Zika, grounded in the country's long-standing dengue prevention and control program, serves as a model of rapid mobilization of intersectoral efforts. Sustaining this response requires applying the evidence generated within the Cuban dengue program that active community participation improves outcomes and is sustainable and cost-effective. There is also a need for implementation science efforts to assess the transferability of lessons learned from Zika prevention and control to other pathogens and from one context to another in addition to how to take these efforts to scale.

Source: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0906

Authors: Marta Castro, Dennis Pérez, Maria G. Guzman, Clare Barrington

Institutions: Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí”, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Partnerships for the goals

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2742686827

FWCI: 2.82

Cites: 6

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10