San Salvador, June 20, 2012 — A team from the Regional Program for Neglected Infectious Diseases (NIDs) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), together with staff from the Ministry of Health (MINSAL), evaluated the National Plan for the Prevention, Control, and Elimination of NIDs, the progress of the prevalence study “Geohelminth Infection and Malaria,” and advances in the implementation of the malaria elimination strategy. They also confirmed major progress in the area of vector-borne diseases.