Bolivia acoge por primera vez las Jornadas de Chagas y centra el debate en la atención cardiovascular
The Spanish Cooperation Formation Center in Santa Cruz de la Sierra hosted on May 29 and 30 the XIX edition of the Conference on the Deferment of Chagas. You celebrate by First time in Bolivian territoryGet together More than 400 people in its hybrid format (122 face -to -face the first day and 138 the second, and the remaining ones in online format). The organization has qualified the reception of exceptional, «both by the institutions and of Bolivian professionals, whose active participant commitment has given a great added value to the creation.»
This edition, organized by ISGlobal, the Health Foundation Integral Nature (Sanit) and the Global Coalition of Chagas, focused on the Urgent need to reinforce access to comprehensive medical care For people affected by protozoa Trypanosoma CruziWith special emphasis on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Chagasic heart disease, One of the most serious acquires associated with infection.
Capable of strengthening and alieros to advance in common grass
During two intense days, professionals of clinical amit, researchers, institutional representatives, public health experts and patient representatives participated in conferences, workshops and round tables. Topics such as epidemiological surveillanceTHE Community attenuationThe key role of the training of personal health and cooperation International.
The conference also led to dialogue and technical collaboration spaces between local, national and international institutions, with the aim of strengthening health systems to free TDOS and generating and generating Work networks that allow us to move towards a more equitable, sustainable and effective response In front of Chagas disease.
UN Forum where science, administration and community converge
In a context where more than Six million people in Latin America live with infection – many of which still without access to a diagnosis and a treatment – the organizers stressed the Import of maintaining the political, institutional and scientific impulse in the fight against one of the most unattended tropicals in the world.
“High assistance and the level of presentations refer to the need to continue promoting spaces for scientific exchange and regional collaboration to advance Julio Alonso PadillaDirector of the Chagas de Isglobal initiative. The researcher considers that it also lasts «an opportunity to make visible innovative local experiences and strengthen alianas to guide building sustainable solutions and focused on people affected by Chagas.»
Joaquim Gascon: A reference in the fight against Chagas
The XIX days on the coolness of Chagas also left moments for distension, more informal encounters and talks, and a sense Homeze a Joaquim Gascon in cliffy improving the integral approach of this negligible disease. Gascon is an international reference in the field of tropical medicine; He laid the pillars of the institution that is today isglobal and, dedicating much of his professional career to the study of Chagas, contributed decisively to the scientific knowledge and the file of health systems in Latin America.
Joaquim Gascon’s presentation during the XIX days on Chagas’s cooling.
The event was supported by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the Japanese Agency for Cooperaciónerio Internacional (JICA), the University of Nagasaki and the Novartis Pharmaceutical Company, as well as with the collaboration of the of the of the Autonomous Government of Santa Cruz, the Autonomous University Gabriel René Moreno (UAGRM), the Bolivian Society of Cardiology and Society Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Cruise.
With this edition, Chagas days reinforce their role as Reference Forum For the advancement of knowledge, the exchange of good pronces and the improvement of health care against a disease that, even today, continues to silence millions of people in vulnerability.
Javier Sancho (Chagas Coalition) and Elizabeth Posada (ISGLOBAL) are involved in the XIX days on Chagas disease, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia).
