For the first time in the history of the city of Cartagena, 500,000 people from low income communities will have the opportunity to receive, completely free, a dose of Albendazole, a deworming drug as part of a long term plan to improve the level of health of the of the inhabitants of the capital of the department of Bolivar.
Saturday April 26, will be the first campaign of six that will be held during the next three years for the benefit of 500,000 residents of Cartagena. With the achievement of this goal, the plan is to expand this deworming campaign to other cities in Colombia. The program is being conducted with the participation of the Consorcio Dios es Amor (CDA Colombia), Operation Blessing International (OBI), the Mayors Office of Cartagena de Indias, DADIS, the District Secretary of Education, Accion Social of the Presidency of Colombia, Familias en Accion Program, the Pedro Romero Emergency Social Plan, Office of International Cooperation and the Evangelical Ministers Association of Bolivar (AMEB).
The program on the 26th will be conducted through 80 district educational facilities that are responsible for more than 150,000 children. These children, together with their nuclear families, will receive the free doses of the medication in addition to a basic community health training course developed by the World Health Organization.
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