AID grant to Care International to provide support for a cholera response in affected rural areas project

A mass media health and hygiene education campaign on television and radio will be complemented by a series of 3-5 day intensive visits to individual villages in the target areas. The campaigns will focus on educating villagers in the correct use of oral rehydration therapy, protection of drinking water and foods from contamination, the importance of handwashing and of continuing breastfeeding during diarrheal episodes, and the correct use of latrine facilities. The latrine construction activity will provide materials and supervision for the construction of 15,000 household latrines (the VIP, the waterseal, or the raised, sealed pit). The overall goal is to reduce cholera morbidity and mortality by 80% in 300 villages (population 75,000) in the target areas. Amendment of 6/28/93 adds two new target areas: Canton Mira, in Carachi province; and Borbon, in Esmeraldas province. (PD-ABH-049)