Implementation of a strategy to improve access to etiological treatment for Chagas at the first level of care. Pilot strategy for decentralization of the distribution of benznidazole in Argentina

2015 - 2016

  • Qualitative Research Projects, Research projects in maternal and child health
  • Concluded

Period: 2015 – 2016

Researchers

Karen Klein, María Soledad Burrone, Juan Pedro Alonso, Lucila Rey Ares, Sebastián García Martí, Antonia Lavenia, Estela Calderón, Cynthia Spillmann and Sergio Sosa Estani

Objective

This research was carried out during 2015 and had two main objectives: the survey of potential barriers to the decentralization of trypanocide by conducting interviews with key actors and the implementation of a pilot decentralization program in the province of Tucumán, Argentina. .

 Finance

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR).

Type of study

Qualitative study, of an exploratory and descriptive nature, of implementation sciences.