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MalariaCero is an audiovisual project in which life stories about endemic malaria in the state of Sucre, Venezuela, are shared. It shows the faces of a population that is used to suffering from this affliction but is tired of it; a population that does not lose hope, in the same way that the health workers have not lost their determination of getting closer and closer to their goal of eliminating malaria.

E.B. Rebeca Mejías Ramírez, La Llanada, Cumaná, Sucre municipality.

Children are great promoters of change. Educating them and raising their awareness of malaria prevention is one of Médecins du Monde's commitments.
During psychoeducation activities, the children receive didactic booklets to reinforce the knowledge acquired.
Médicos del Mundo goes to schools and promotes malaria prevention from an early age.
Médicos del Mundo goes to schools and promotes malaria prevention from an early age.

Ambulatorio La Llanada, La Llanada, Cumaná, Sucre state

Pregnant women are a priority group for malaria prevention. For them, informative talks are organized in the waiting rooms of health centers.
Médicos del Mundo accompanies local health authorities in the situational analysis and the determination of strategies to reduce malaria in the state of Sucre, Venezuela.

La Llanada, Cumaná, Sucre municipality

The face of dedication. An Environmental Health team is actively searching for malaria cases and applying biolarvicides in larval habitats of the malaria-transmitting mosquito(Anopheles spp).
Promoters of Fundasalud Sucre together with Médicos del Mundo visit house to house to take the message of malaria prevention to the affected populations.
The application of biolarvicide in larval habitats of malaria-transmitting mosquitoes (anophelines) is a rigorous, effective and environmentally friendly activity for vector control.

La Esmeralda, Ribero municipality, Sucre state

Vector mosquito larval fishing and habitat characterization. Entomological indicators are essential for monitoring the impact of malaria control activities.
Médicos del Mundo has provided logistical and technical support in more than 400 days of entomological surveillance and vector control.
Preparation of the specific biolarvicide for the elimination of the larvae of the mosquito that transmits malaria. This biologic is environmentally friendly.
Active house-to-house search for malaria cases. Thanks to this strategy, cases are detected and treated in a timely manner, even in remote communities.
Treatment monitoring and active case-finding have been reactivated as an integral part of the malaria program's surveillance activities.
A notebook filled out in pencil with perfect handwriting. The malaria coordinator of the Ribero municipality keeps an exhaustive record of the detected cases and epidemiological indicators of his municipality.
The main economic activity of the coastal town of La Esmeralda is fishing.
Active search for malaria cases in the population of La Esmeralda.
A finger prick and it's business as usual. Children living in malaria endemic areas are used to diagnostic tests.
Mother and daughter. Inhabitants of the coastal town of La Esmeralda.
Technical entomologist Armando Salazar, with more than 3 decades of experience in the identification and dissection of anophelines, is the leader of entomological surveillance in Salud Ambiental Sucre.
The study of behavior, the identification of species and the extraction of ovarioles are an essential part of the entomological surveillance of antimalarial control.
Night surveillance of the adult stage of anopheline mosquitoes (mosquitoes that transmit malaria).

 Yaguaraparo Hospital, Yaguaraparo, Cajigal municipality, Sucre state

Samples are analyzed in the laboratory of the Yaguaraparo Hospital for the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of malaria cases.
Médicos del Mundo team directly supports local health officials with technical support, training, supplies and equipment, among others.

Yaguaraparo, Cajigal municipality, Sucre state

A family belonging to the Warao indigenous population lives in a settlement near Yaguaraparo, a historical focus of high malaria transmission.
Wood-burning stove. Families belonging to the Warao ethnic group live in settlements near Yaguaraparo, a historic malaria hotspot in Sucre state, Venezuela.
The use of mosquito nets is especially relevant for at-risk groups, such as pregnant women, postpartum women and infants.
Yaguaraparo, Cajigal municipality, Sucre state, Venezuela
Children belonging to the Warao ethnic group use mosquito nets to prevent bites from malaria-transmitting mosquitoes.
Indigenous community, belonging to the Warao ethnic group, receives information on malaria prevention.
The indigenous communities of Sucre receive informative talks on malaria prevention, with the support of health promoters from Environmental Health and Médicos del Mundo.

Environmental Health (Malariology), Carúpano city, Sucre state.

The entomology "cuadrilla" of Environmental Health of the state of Sucre is the only one currently existing in the country. A national reference.
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