The journey in search of Trachoma in Bolivia

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Department of Global Affairs Canada (GAC) of the Government of Canada have a partnership to implement the initiative for Improving the health of communities, women and children by eliminating trachoma as a public health problem in the Americas, which is being implemented between 2023 and 2027. In Bolivia, the project is carrying out Rapid Trachoma Assessments in three areas: the Bolivian Amazon basin, Chaco, and the indigenous network of the Cochabamba Tropics. In the latter, we tell how a brigade of rapid trachoma assessors went into the tropical lands of Bolivia, in the center of the country. The journey began along navigable rivers and then walked through lush vegetation until reaching the communities of indigenous populations.