Headed by Nurse Raquel Morrera , the Maternal and Child Health Care Program is one of the most successful public health programs in the country. Breastfeeding is, of course, strongly encouraged throughout our village network of rural health nurses, traditional birth attendants and community nursing aides. Mr. Timothy Westby is our Vector Control Program Supervisor. Malaria, Dengue and Chagas are, of course, endemic to this region. Ultra Low Volume fogging is still used occasionally and house to house spraying for the domestic, aedes aegypti mosquito is carried out routinely in high risk villages.
Dengue is extremely rare thanks to the control of the aedes vector.
No cases of Chagas have been reported in Stann Creek. Mr. John Bodden , our Public Health Inspector, is responsible for monitoring the safety of our food and water supply amongst other things. The quality of the urban and rural water supplies is constantly monitored. Meat is regularly inspected and stores checked for appropriate standards. The Public Health Inspector also monitors all our restaurants and bars as well as their employees, to make sure their hygiene is up to the mark, and their food handling certificates current.