Honduras screening starts Latin American rotavirus plan
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The Central American state of Honduras is to screen all children under the age of five years who present with gastroenteritis symptoms, in a bid to assess the incidence of the disease. Under an agreement signed in Tegucigalpa with an international support group that includes the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), the health ministry will use the data to consider introducing a vaccination programme.