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This document summarizes a study abroad trip to Bolivia focused on integrated disease prevention (One Health) for people, livestock, and the environment in indigenous communities. The trip involved visiting remote communities along the Tuichi River and meeting with a rural health foundation. Challenges faced by indigenous communities included limited healthcare access and scarce resources. Public health implications discussed were the importance of monitoring human-livestock interactions to prevent disease, and supporting local healthcare organizations' work in remote areas through complementary approaches.

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CPGH Poster Final

This document summarizes a study abroad trip to Bolivia focused on integrated disease prevention (One Health) for people, livestock, and the environment in indigenous communities. The trip involved visiting remote communities along the Tuichi River and meeting with a rural health foundation. Challenges faced by indigenous communities included limited healthcare access and scarce resources. Public health implications discussed were the importance of monitoring human-livestock interactions to prevent disease, and supporting local healthcare organizations' work in remote areas through complementary approaches.

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Bolivia: Global Health Lessons in

Ecotourism & Community Health


Charissa Zhu, [email protected]
Global Public Health Scholars | Psychology & Family Science

Introduction A Day in the Life Challenges Faced


• Faculty-led study abroad trip 5:00AM – Breakfast • Indigenous communities'
• One Health: Integrated disease 6:00AM –Travel by boat on challenges:
prevention for people, Tuichi River to the Asuncion del • Access to healthcare is
livestock, and the environment 1 Quiquibey community limited (doctors only visit
• Discussed the following topics 12:30PM – Eat lunch with 1-3x a year)
in the context of indigenous community members, discuss • Resources can be scarce
communities: ecotourism industry • Healthcare provider challenges:
• Health & dental services 4:30PM –Travel by boat to San • Difficulties in traveling to
• Livestock parasite Miguel del Bala community remote communities
management 5:30 PM – Meet with Rio Beni • Space for supplies is limited
• Implications of proposed Health Foundation to discuss • Lack of healthcare literacy
hydro-electric dams2 rural healthcare in indigenous
communities
Public Health Implications
Objectives • Close monitoring of human
• How can we promote public and livestock interactions
health in remote areas with prevents disease
great biodiversity and • Fund and support local
indigenous knowledge? healthcare organizations who
• Work with field experts and can reach remote areas
indigenous community • Complementary health
members to discuss approaches
• Indigenous healthcare
• One Health
Image 1. A map of the Bolivian Amazon, including all
• Ecotourism the fieldwork sites. Acknowledgements
• Mechanisms of remote A huge thank you to Dr. Olivia
healthcare Carter-Pokras and Ruth Alipaz
Cuqui for organizing this study
abroad trip! Dr. Carter-Pokras
Fieldwork Sites in Bolivia
graciously shared her expert, insight,
• Santa Cruz de la Sierra
and beautiful home country with us.
• Rurrenabaque
• Madidi National Park
• Indigenous communities: References
• San Jose de Uchupiamonas 1. Alandia, E., Ulhart, M.M., Terrazas, A., Wallace, R., Karesh, W. B. Bolivia –
Integrated disease prevention for livestock, people, and conservation. OIE
Global Conference on Wildlife “Animal Health and Biodiversity –
• Ascuncion del Quiquibey Preparing for the Future.” Paris, France. February 2011.
2. Elwell, J. (2018) Development and Duplicity in the case of the Chepete
Image 2. A dental hygiene presentation by a dentist
• San Miguel del Bala from the Rio Beni Health Foundation.
and El Bala dams. Retrieved from
https://theecologist.org/2018/aug/17/development-and-duplicity-case-
chepete-and-el-bala-dams-jonathan-elwell-investigates.

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