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Update of American Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis Control and Research: Final Report (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6–7 November 2007)
The objective of this meeting was to set up an information platform on control and research gaps in American Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis in order to establish a road map for academia and control programs. This 176-page report contains a series of technical papers in two parts: (I) Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis), with 20 short papers and abstracts; and (II) Leishmaniasis, with 8.
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The Globalization of Chagas Disease
This PAHO article, published in ISBT Science Series 2 (1), 6–11, describes how the potential for transfusing Trypanosoma cruzi-infected blood or blood products does not exist only in Latin America. Economic hardship or political problems, or both, have spurred emigration from endemic countries to developed countries, transforming Chagas disease from mainly a rural problem of Latin America, to a global problem. It is obvious that the higher risk occurs in those countries receiving the highest number of immigrants. Meeting these challenges will require services with specialized infrastructure and trained staff, and, on the other, legislation might have to be modified, so that immigrants are not discriminated against at their places of employment due to their infection.
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Sampling Guidelines for Surveillance and Vector-Control Activities Related to Chagas Disease
In monitoring and controlling vector-borne transmission of Chagas disease, there are various situations in which sampling techniques can offer sufficient and reliable information when it comes to guiding action. This means greater operational rationality and cost reduction. The degree of possible selectivity is limited because current techniques used in entomological research offer low sensitivity—above all in situations in which vector density is low or minimal, as tends to happen in advanced control phases. Also in the case of seroprevalence studies used to scale the problem or performance auditing, it is not justifiable to include the entire population. These are the reasons justifying the proposal for and production of these Sampling Guidelines for Chagas disease surveillance and vector control. This page offers a summary in English and access to the full text in Spanish and Portuguese.
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Decentralization and Management of Communicable Disease Control in Latin America
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Chagas' Disease and the Nervous System
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Chagas Control in the Southern Cone Countries: History of an International Initiative, 1991/2001 (Abstracts in English, overview plus six country profiles)
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Healthy Homes, Healthy Communities: An Environmental Health Manual for Use by your Family and Community
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Priorities in Health
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Perspectives in Health - Volume 6, Number 1, 2001
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PAHO Today - September 2005 Edition
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Epidemiology of Chagas Disease in Non-Endemic Countries: The Role of International Migration
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Tackling Neglected Diseases in Latin America
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The Globalization of Chagas Disease
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Prevention, control, and elimination of neglected diseases in the Americas: Pathways to integrated, inter-programmatic, inter-sectoral action for health and development
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Color the chinches! Salvadorean Primary School Project to Educate Children on How to Prevent Chagas Disease