RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS
BRAZIL: UNICEF carried out 23 trainings on the new UNICEF Seal strategic action against the Aedes aegypti mosquito with the participation of 2,258 people (including 730 adolescents) from 681 municipalities in 9 states.
COLOMBIA: UNICEF is coordinating mobilization actions reaching 354 schools and training 500 teachers on community engagement methods and solid waste management.
HONDURAS: UNICEF is developing baseline knowledge, attitudes and practices in the prevention and control of vector- borne diseases.
MEXICO: UNICEF is engaging with the government branch responsible for indigenous population policies to develop a targeted strategy to disseminate prevention messages to 6.6 million people in rural and indigenous communities.
Since the last regional Situation Report, the overall number of Ziva virus (ZIKV) cases has increased 32 per cent, from 145 thousand, reported 16 March to 192 thousand reported 24 March 2016. During the same time period, there has also been an increase in microcephaly and/or central ner
SITUATION OVERVIEW
LAC countries reporting ZIKV local transmission with UNICEF presence: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname and Venezuela.
Over 192,000 ZIKV cases either suspected or confirmed as of 24 March 2016. 6,671 suspected cases of microcephaly and/or CNS malformation from 22 October 2015 to 19 March 2016 in Brazil. Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Suriname and Venezuela have reported an increase in cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS).
16.1 million people reached through Risk Communication and Community Engagement.