Dominican health technicians will begin an exhaustive evaluation of the Haitian health situation this July. The survey will be carried out to determine the areas that need to be reinforced first in order to apply the health cooperation agreement signed by both governments. Dr. Rafael Schiffino, of the Ministry of Health, is the coordinator for the Dominican side. He explained to the press that it is in the best interest of the DR to assist the Haitian authorities so that mass vaccinations can be carried out to eliminate sicknesses, such as malaria, measles, rabies, and others such as AIDS, tuberculosis, parasites, malnutrition, anthrax, and filariasis. Many of these illnesses have been eradicated in the DR, but mass immigration of illegal Haitians has its toll on the Dominican preventive health measures.
