https://www.medsf.org/rss/Bolivia en https://www.medsf.org/bolivia-msf-develops-information-system-exterminating-bugs-transmit-chagas Fri, 04 Nov 2016 08:49:43 +0000 24696162-2335-4454-9f58-899c17094c50 https://www.medsf.org/international-chagas-day-msf-begins-work-monteagudo-chuquisaca-bolivia Médecins Sans Frontières (MEDSF) is launching a new project to ensure that people can be diagnosed and treated for Chagas disease in the town of Monteagudo, in the Chuquisaca department of southern Bolivia. Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:13:24 +0000 1d023db2-eca9-421d-9452-65c6327b2e33 https://www.medsf.org/international-chagas-day-we-are-historic-momentum-transform-lives-millions-people Op-ed by Dr Unni Karunakara, International President of MEDSF Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:10:01 +0000 ed0673a7-ed6f-4ad7-8d53-cad4021fdc1f https://www.medsf.org/gallery-msf-chagas-project-aiquile-bolivia Gallery: MEDSF Chagas project in Aiquile, Bolivia Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:40:03 +0000 e42f51db-91ec-4890-9544-c7b418de656f https://www.medsf.org/shortage-benznidazole-leaves-chagas-patients-without-treatment MEDSF is urging the Brazilian Ministry of Health, which is responsible for the only laboratory in the world manufacturing benznidazole, to respect its commitment to Chagas patients and take immediate measures to make the drug available. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 672f9912-8b75-4b6e-acf0-12f313deed92 https://www.medsf.org/bolivias-bug-killers-preventing-spread-chagas This bug spreads Chagas disease - endemic to Central and South America. There is treatment but it is not a vaccine. Once cured of an infection, a second can arrive the same day. The bug thrives in the straw and mud homes that are commonplace in rural areas. The disease may not take hold for up to 15 years after infection and can be fatal. Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0000 31b0e416-e20c-47a8-ac72-bdb600a8c601 https://www.medsf.org/nearly-40000-people-affected-floods-bolivia The MEDSF team is working closely with local health authorities to strengthen the epidemiological surveillance network, as the risk of epidemic outbreaks of diseases such as dengue fever is high. Thu, 15 Jan 2004 04:30:00 +0000 af40b527-b08f-45ec-bfd5-10a343376986 https://www.medsf.org/msf-calls-upon-latin-american-governments-guarantee-access-medicines-continent The XIII Iberoamerican Summit is an important forum for governments of the Americas to publicly express their commitment to the protection of public health. Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0000 94274076-2afc-4daf-b456-7234bc815726 https://www.medsf.org/new-calm-follows-protests-bolivian-capital There were over 135 injured in the Miraflores Hospital, where MEDSF was present. Other hospitals in the city were also dealing with the injured, with the numbers straining the facilities and leaving many without materials or medicines. Thu, 23 Oct 2003 02:30:00 +0000 8f90b0d5-5cdf-4698-84b3-68a7f783ba74