July 26, 2018
The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) Science Education Programme (SEP) in collaboration with the Smithsonian Science Education Center released its first curriculum module, "Mosquito!," which focuses on educating youth about ways to mitigate mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika. IAP SEP believes that educational experiences such as the one promoted by "Mosquito!" seek to empower communities around the world to work proactively thus making these communities healthier and more sustainable places to live. According to this IAP press release, "Only by creating educational experiences where young people work together around a problem to develop solutions for their local community, can we begin to weave together the sustainability goals."
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