Abstract

ALVIAREZ, Yenny  and  FERRER, Elizabeth. Approximation to the problem of coendemicity chagas-Leishmaniasis diseases from and Ecohealth approach. Comunidad y Salud [online]. 2014, vol.12, n.2, suppl., pp.55-61. ISSN 1690-3293.

Chagas disease and leishmaniasis belong to the group of Neglected Tropical Diseases are zoonosis considered as a public health problem in Venezuela, present in rural, suburban and urban areas. The transmission of both is given by complex processes, which modifies the environment favoring infection with these two groups of protozoa have a common susceptible host, human, many of their geographical foci coincide and can also exist, practices and attitudes linked to ignorance of the modes of transmission of these diseases could encourage contact and infection /coinfection. To study these the Ecohealth approach, which allows to identify interactions between social and ecological systems, which connects to the complex thought, with a view from its fundamental principles proposed: 1) systems thinking, 2) transdisciplinary research 3) social participation, 4) social and environmental sustainability 5) gender equality and social, and 6) the approach of the gap between knowledge and action, which could provide important information of great help to propose public health policies, to strengthen the control programs for these diseases.

Keywords : Chagas disease; leishmaniasis; Ecohealth approach.