Field Photos: PAHO-JICA Team at Work in Guatemala

The ten photographs below illustrate the teamwork going on as part of PAHO's joint collaboration project with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS) of Guatemala in an integrated approach to deal with Chagas disease in poverty-stricken rural communities. This activity was conducted within the framework of the Initiative of Central American Countries against Chagas Disease (IPCA). Photos sent by Lic. Jun Nakagawa, JICA-PAHO Regional Advisor on Chagas Disease, PAHO-Honduras, and taken by himself and Lic. Ken Hashimoto, UNV (United Nations Volunteer) attached to PAHO Guatemala office. Click on the thumbnail images to view them in original size (in JPG).

JICA experts in a visit to a rural Guatemalan home to check for vector infestation	Community volunteers with vector-control personnel from the Ministry of Health	JICA expert with community volunteer	JICA expert conferring with Ministry vector-control personnel
Ministry vector-control team in Jutiapa, an isolated rural community where Chagas represents a public-health problem		JICA experts with Ministry of Health vector-control team in Jutiapa	Primary-care workshop at School of Nursing
Lic. Jun Nakagawa, JICA-PAHO Regional Advisor on Chagas, with Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, PAHO Director	JICA experts with Ministry vector-control team in Jutiapa	More photos: Guatemala: project   |   mission blood-testing | IVM El Salvador   | Honduras	Central American vectors: T. dimidiata | R. prolixus | R. pallescens Vulnerable housing | Disease victims PAHO Chagas page