Social Mobilization in Guadeloupe: Vector-Borne Diseases and Natural Hazards.

In Guadeloupe, the strategy for combating vector-borne diseases (dengue, chikungunya) relies on on-the-ground interventions, community outreach, and social mobilization. Exposed to other risks—natural ones this time (earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tsunamis)—this territory is attempting to build a prevention policy based precisely on social mobilization, and thus to go beyond simply informing the public. Not so simple...

Author(s): Saint-martin Patrick, Gustave Joël, Lietard Claire

Publishing year: 2015

Pages: 18-21

Health in Action, 2015, n° 432, p. 18-21

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