Population movements, borders, and chagas disease

Avaria A.; Ventura-Garcia L.; Sanmartino M.; Van der Laat C.

Keywords: Chagas disease; Human mobility; Migration; 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 según SCOPUS: Population movements, borders, and chagas disease
Título de la Revista: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Volumen: 116
Número: 1
Editorial: Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
Fecha de publicación: 2021
Idioma: English
DOI:

10.1590/0074-02760210151

Notas: SCOPUS