Intellectuals and Dictators in the Dominican Republic

Malaria and Travel to the Dominican Republic

To the Editor: The rise in international travel to malaria-endemic areas in recent years has been followed by an increase in the number of cases diagnosed in countries where malaria is not endemic (1). Tourist areas of the Dominican Republic have traditionally been considered to be low risk for malaria transmission. However, over the past few years, sporadic descriptions of imported falciparum ...

USAID/Dominican Republic Strategic Plan

Public Hospital Costs and Quality in the Dominican Republic

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Reforming the Reform: Public Health Policy in the Dominican Republic

Introduction: (First paragraph only) The Dominican Republic is located south of Florida and east of Cuba, on the Eastern side Hispaniola; on the western side is Haiti. The Republic operates as representative democracy, with a bicameral national congress comprised of a Senate with 32 members and a Chamber of Deputies that operates similarly to the United States House of Representatives. Election...

Tobacco use in the Dominican Republic: understanding the culture first.

OBJECTIVE To conduct formative research on the landscape of tobacco use to guide survey and subsequent intervention development in the Dominican Republic (DR). DESIGN Rapid Assessment Procedures, systematic qualitative methods (participant-observations, in-depth interviewing, focus groups) using bilingual mixed age and gendered teams from the United States and DR. SUBJECTS Over 160 adults (...