Access to diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease/infection in endemic and non-endemic countries in the XXI century
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
;
102(supl.1): 87-94, Oct. 2007.
Article
in English
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| ID: lil-466749
ABSTRACT
In this article, Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) Spain faces the challenge of selecting, piecing together, and conveying in the clearest possible way, the main lessons learnt over the course of the last seven years in the world of medical care for Chagas disease. More than two thousand children under the age of 14 have been treated; the majority of whom come from rural Latin American areas with difficult access. It is based on these lessons learnt, through mistakes and successes, that MSF advocates that medical care for patients with Chagas disease be a reality, in a manner which is inclusive (not exclusive), integrated (with medical, psychological, social, and educational components), and in which the patient is actively followed. This must be a multi-disease approach with permanent quality controls in place based on primary health care (PHC). Rapid diagnostic tests and new medications should be available, as well as therapeutic plans and patient management (including side effects) with standardised flows for medical care for patients within PHC in relation to secondary and tertiary level, inclusive of epidemiological surveillance systems.
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Main subject:
Primary Health Care
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Chagas Disease
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Endemic Diseases
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Medical Missions
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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Spain
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Uruguay
Institution/Affiliation country:
Fiocruz/BR
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Médicos Sin Fronteras/ES
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Universidad de la República del Uruguay/UY
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