The eight photographs below illustrate a few of the activities initiated by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS) of El Salvador as part of its collaboration agreement with PAHO and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), within the framework of the Initiative of Central American Countries to Interrupt Vectoral and Trasfusional Transmission of Chagas Disease (IPCA). Photos courtesy of Kyoko Ota, JICA expert on Chagas Disease control in Honduras. Click on the thumbnail images below to access the photos in their original size (in JPG).
Keychains containing Triatoma dimidiata, produced by vector-control personnel |
Community leaders participating in consciousness-raising session on entomological surveillance |
Training pesticide-spraying personnel in application techniques |
Epidemiologists participating in the field operation |
School teachers learning about Triatominae habitats by making a rural house |
Schoolchildren involved in public-information campaign for Chagas disease control |
TV program interviews Health Director of METPAN, who talked about the campaign for Chagas disease control |
Medical Entomology Course attended by 32 health professionals: health-promotion and vector-control staff, epidemiologists, etc. |
