After spending the morning unpacking and organizing medicines and medical supplies, we continued on our tour of Project Ix-canaan, ending at the Centro Femenino where the Ix-canaan Women's Group was prepared to serve an excellent lunch of tamales and black bean salad.
After lunch, we went to visit and talk with the nurse's aid at the local Puesto de Salud to get a rounded view of the medical services offered in a small village.
The nurse was joined by the technician who is running the new Malaria Prevention Program, also through the Puesto de Salud, who explained the new program and showed how it has lowered the cases of malaria in our area from thousands per year to just 75 cases in 2008.
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