Population movements, borders, and Chagas disease.

Laia Ventura-Garcia; Carlos Van der Laat

Keywords: migration - human mobility - Chagas disease - social determination

Abstract

Currently, Chagas disease is a complex global health problem with local and global implications. In the present article, we approach this complexity from the perspective of human mobility and its effects on people’s health in places of origin and in transit and destination. We raise key concepts such as human mobility - understood as a possible socio-structural and economic determination of health -, the associated social and institutional barriers and the processes of social exclusion related to Chagas disease. We also propose what we identify as emerging opportunities from the perspective of health as a right. Finally, we propose strategies aimed at addressing Chagas disease from a multidimensional and intersectional perspective in complex, diverse and interconnected territories through migration.

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Título de la Revista: Population movements, borders, and Chagas disease.
Volumen: 116
Fecha de publicación: 2021
Página de inicio: 1
Página final: 8
Idioma: inglés
Financiamiento/Sponsor: FONIS
URL: https://memorias.ioc.fiocruz.br/article/10822/0151-chagas-population-movements-borders-and-chagas-disease
Notas: Indexación:Wos. Q2 (F.I: 0.839)