“…Preventing and controlling vector-borne diseases, diseases carried by insects, ticks and small animals, is central to achieving President Obama’s vision of ending extreme poverty. On World Health Day, commemorated each year on April 7, the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights actions we can all take to protect ourselves from the serious diseases that these ‘vectors’ can cause,” the USAID Global Health Team writes in the agency’s “IMPACTblog.” The blog highlights “solutions to combat extreme poverty and vector-borne diseases” (4/7).