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Announcing the winners of a competition in Latin America and the Caribbean region

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On behalf of IDRC, WHO-TDR and CIDA, it is our pleasure to announce the results of the call for proposals "Innovative Community-based Ecosystem Management Interventions for Improved Dengue and Chagas Disease Prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean."

This research initiative supports the nine projects listed below in their endeavour to better understand the multiple interacting factors that determine the rise and expansion of Chagas disease and dengue fever in Latin America and the Caribbean. The projects will develop and apply ecosystem-based, participatory interventions aimed at preventing the spread of these vector-borne diseases. The results will provide new strategic knowledge for national and regional dengue and Chagas control programmes; inform policy at national and regional levels; and lead to tangible improvements in affected communities. Innovative strategies will be explored to communicate the research work, its findings and public health implications.

Projects selected (pending until acceptance of final protocols and approval of institutional contracts)

Project Title	Country	Institution	Project leader
Funded by IDRC and CIDA, with contributions from TDR Development of community interventions for the control of non-domiciliated triatomines in the Yucatan Penisula, Mexico	Mexico	Universidad Automona de Yucatan, Merida	E. Dumonteil
An eco-bio-social approach to implement integrated technique to control T. infestans in poor Bolivian communities	Bolivia	Institut Recherche pour le Développement	L. Zembrana
Situational analysis and innovative interventions for improved dengue disease prevention in Salto, Uruguay	Uruguay	Universidad de la Republca	C. Basso
Meeting capacity-building and scaling-up challenges to sustainability prevent and control dengue in Machala, Ecuador	Ecuador	Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar	J. Breilh
Empowering communities to control dengue: an eco-health analysis and integrated approach in Fortaleza, Brazil	Brazil	Department of Public Health	A. Caprera
Eco-bio-social approach for the design and implementation of a sustainable strategy for dengue vector control in Girardot	Colombia	Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota	G. Carrasquilla
Innovative community-based ecosystem management interventions to improve Aedes control and dengue prevention in Mexico	Mexico	Universidad Autonoma de Yucutan	P. Manrique-Saide
Management of peridomestic animals for the control of Chagas disease	Guatemala	Universidad del Valle de Guatemala	P.M. Pennington

Funded solely by TDR Formative strategy improving communication for dengue prevention and control	Cuba	Institute of Tropical Medicine “Pedro Kouri”	J.A. Bisset

2010-01-13

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