Support to the project “Pampa del Indio libre de Chagas”
The Laboratorio de Eco-Epidemiología (EGE-IEGEBA) has been carrying out the “Pampa del Indio libre de Chagas” project since 2007 in Chaco province, northern Argentina. This municipality includes 1,500 rural homes inhabited by Qom and Creole families. Within the framework of this project, the quasi-elimination of the kissing bug (Triatoma infestans), the vector of Chagas disease, and the interruption of transmission have been achieved.
A current challenge is how to control insecticide-resistant kissing bugs in this and other neighboring municipalities. Your contribution will allow us to sustain the fieldwork in these communities to improve the health of their inhabitants.
