Browsing by Autor "Abundio Baptista Mora"

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Community-Based Intervention for Active Detection and Provision of Single-Dose Rifampicin Post-Exposure Prophylaxis to Household Contacts of Leprosy in Bolivia
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2024) Abundio Baptista Mora; Nimer Ortuño‐Gutiérrez; Deisy Zurita Paniagua; Carlos Hurtado Solares; Anil Fastenau; Christa Kasang
A community-based intervention was successful in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Misbeliefs and a lack of knowledge were identified as barriers. Programmatic components should be reinforced for SDR-PEP extension.
“We have already heard that the treatment doesn't do anything, so why should we take it?”: A mixed method perspective on Chagas disease knowledge, attitudes, prevention, and treatment behaviour in the Bolivian Chaco
(Public Library of Science, 2020) Sandra Parisi; Miriam Navarro; Jeremy Douglas Du Plessis; Jonathan P. Shock; Boris Michel; Minerva Lucuy Espinoza; Carolina Terán; Nino Antonio Calizaya Tapia; Katharina Oltmanns; Abundio Baptista Mora
Large scale interventions should be accompanied by operational research in order to identify misconceptions and unintended consequences early on, to generate accessible data for future interventions, and for rigorous evaluation. An integrated, community-based approach tackling social determinants and including both traditional and animal health sectors might help to overcome current barriers and advocate for patients' rights.