Aetna Foundation Awards $25,000 Grant to MAP International

HARTFORD, Conn., March 2, 2009 — The Aetna Foundation today awarded a $25,000 grant to MAP International, a nonprofit organization that promotes the total health — physical, economic, social, emotional and spiritual health — of impoverished people in over 115 countries.

The grant will support the organization’s Community Health Worker Program, which advocates the identification, training, equipping and supporting of community leaders as a primary tool for improving the health of individuals, families and communities. With programs in countries in East and West Africa, Latin and Central America and Southeast Asia, targeted local residents will receive customized training to address critical health issues facing their respective communities.