What is the role of the WHO and the PAHO in the fight against the Chagas disease?
The role of the WHO and PAHO is to increase rapid-response health interventions to control and eliminate neglected infectious diseases, to strengthen national and local health systems, particularly information systems, and to adopt intersectorial and interprogrammatic approaches to address the social determinants underlying these diseases. PAHO is expected to play a fundamental role through its ongoing work in mapping the incidence of these diseases in the Americas. The mapping helps pinpoint problems with greater precision while identifying gaps in information and action. PAHO will also spearhead technical cooperation efforts and provide expertise to support the development of national and local plans for control and elimination of these diseases.
