Prevention and Mitigation of Disease

The MAP International medical assistance programs work to prevent and control infectious diseases, and when possible, eradicate them.

Preventable diseases have a devastating impact on developing communities around the world making it nearly impossible for communities and families to escape the cycle of poverty. 

In Latin America, Africa, and Indonesia, MAP works to prevent the further spread of disease through education, construction of potable water resources, vaccinations, and other medicines programs.

In Bolivia, Ecuador, Honduras, Kenya, Ivory Coast, and Ghana, MAP trains Community Health Promoters -- volunteers who many times serve as the only health care provider many of their villages and provinces have. They teach how to recognize endemic disease and how to protect against it, as well as provide basic health care services for the members of their communities.
 
In Cote d'Ivoire, MAP works with the Carter Center for a total eradication of Guinea worm disease. That country hasn’t reported a case of Guinea worm in three years.

MAP works with the American Leprosy Mission and in-country partners to treat and ultimately eliminate Buruli ulcer through programs and clean water projects that will prevent further spread of this insidious disease.

MAP also plays a large and crucial role in the prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS in Africa and Latin America.  By educating church officials about the need for more HIV and AIDS prevention programs, and by training church leaders in more than 10 African countries including Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, MAP is helping reduce the devastating toll AIDS and opportunistic diseases are taking on African families.   

Saving Childrens' Lives in West Africa

MAP International is treating thousands of children for parasites in the western African country of Cote d’Ivoire.

In outlying, rural communities in the western African country of Cote d’Ivoire, children run barefoot through villages dotted with thatched-roof huts. Goats and chickens are commonplace, and if the villagers are lucky, they may have access to a nearby well. Otherwise, water is fetched from a stream or pond possibly a mile or two away. In these unsanitary conditions, people, children especially, are vulnerable to helminthes and a variety of intestinal parasites including roundworms, tapeworms, and pinworms.