A strategy for scaling up access to comprehensive care in adults with Chagas disease in endemic countries: The Bolivian Chagas Platform.

• Main Authors: Maria-Jesus Pinazo (Author), Jimy Pinto (Author), Lourdes Ortiz (Author), Jareth Sánchez (Author), Wilson García (Author), Ruth Saravia (Author), Mirko-R Cortez (Author), Silvia Moriana (Author), Enric Grau (Author), Daniel Lozano (Author), Joaquim Gascon (Author), Faustino Torrico (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Bolivia has the highest prevalence of Chagas disease (CD) in the world (6.1%), with more than 607,186 people with Trypanosoma cruzi infection, most of them adults. In Bolivia CD has been declared a national priority. In 2009, the Chagas National Program (ChNP) had neither a protocol nor a...