International Task Force for Disease Eradication – Real Lives, Real Change

March 15, 2010
Siblings Work Together to Prevent Malaria in La Bomba, Dominican Republic
Brother and sister Juan Tavares Rodriguez and Casilda Trejada Abreu live with their family in a pine board home in La Bomba, Dominican Republic.

Jan. 11, 2010
Tracking Fevers and Teaching Prevention: A Haitian Health Agent's Story
A crowd of children follow Jonel Mompremier, 27, as he travels from house to house in Ouanaminthe, Haiti. They giggle as the health worker asks the same question at every doorstep, "Does anyone at home have any fevers?"

Jan. 11, 2010
Empowering Elimination of Malaria and Lymphatic Filariasis from Hispaniola: Snapshots from the Field
In September 2008, The Carter Center and a binational effort between the Dominican Republic and Haiti launched a historic one-year initiative to help the countries and their other partners accelerate the elimination of two devastating mosquito-borne infections—malaria and lymphatic filariasis.

Oct. 1 , 2009
Microscope a Powerful Tool in Malaria Fight
Microscopist Marino Castillo pricks the finger of 5-year-old Silvana Mayor and draws blood onto a glass slide. The girl's shirt is bright yellow, but her face is weary. Her mother says the girl has had a fever for several days, and the mother is worried that she has malaria.