Southern Cone Initiative for the elimination of domestic populations of Triatoma infestans and the interruption of transfusion Chagas disease: historical aspects, present situation, and perspectives
Southern Cone Initiative for the elimination of domestic populations of Triatoma infestans and the interruption of transfusion Chagas disease: historical aspects, present situation, and perspectives
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10.1590/s0074-02762007005000092
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2007-10-01
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Dias, João Carlos Pinto
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作者：
Dias, João Carlos Pinto
由阿根廷、玻利维亚、巴西、智利、巴拉圭和乌拉圭政府于1991年创建的南锥体倡议对该地区的南美锥虫病控制极为重要。其基本目标是主要通过消灭主要媒介致病锥虫和在区域血库中选择安全的献血者来阻断这种疾病。本文在对SCI的发展历程进行简要回顾的基础上，阐述了SCI在技术和业务方面的进展，强调了SCI倡议成功的一些因素，以及SCI倡议面临的困难和制约因素。SCI的未来将取决于行动的连续性和政治优先性。科学界对这一倡议及其维持负有高度责任。与此同时，国家和国际努力必须参与并加强，以确保实现SCI的最终目标。特别是，泛美卫生组织在该倡议的所有时刻和活动中都与之合作，这是SCI成功的最重要的催化剂和技术因素。
Created in 1991 by the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, the Southern Cone Initiative (SCI) has been extremely important for Chagas disease control in this region. Its basic objective was to reach the interruption of this disease, chiefly by means of the elimination of the principal vector Triatoma infestans and by the selection of safe donors in the regional blood banks. After a summarized historic of SCI, the text shows the advance of technical and operative activities, emphasizing some factors for the initiative success, as well as some difficulties and constraints. The future of SCI will depend of the continuity of the actions and of political priority. Scientific community has been highly responsible for this initiative and its maintenance. At the side of this, national and international efforts must be involved and reinforced to assure the accomplishment of the final targets of SCI. Very specially, the Pan American Health Organization has cooperated with the Initiative in all its moments and activities, being the most important catalytic and technical factor for SCI success.