$3.7M To Fight Diseases
The federal funding aims to crack down on Hawaii’s hepatitis A, Zika, dengue and sexually transmitted disease rates.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given Hawaii’s Department of Health $3.7 million to fight infectious diseases.
Just over $1 million will help fight聽arbovirus diseases like Zika or dengue, according to a DOH聽.聽Another $2.7 million will go toward fighting antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea and chlamydia, flu and foodborne illness symptoms.
Among other things generally related to improving outbreak response and detection efforts, the money will be used to monitor mosquitos and provide supplies to聽test for diseases.
The funding comes in the wake of a hepatitis A outbreak on Oahu and a聽dengue outbreak on the Big Island. As of today, have been confirmed on Oahu.
Travel-related Zika cases have been found in Hawaii as well.
