10. Project Management Administrative lead: Cayetano Heredia Foundation (CHF) Dr. Alejandro Llanos Dr. Cesar Carcamo Management: Indigenous Health unit (CHF) Dra. Carol Zavaleta Dr. Isaac Alva Connie Fernandez (Biologist) Associates: Global Health Unit (CHF) Dra. Patricia Garcia Faculty of Public Health – Epidemiology department (UPCH) Dra. Magaly Blas Angela Bayer (Sociologist) Tropical Medicine Institute (UPCH) Dr. Eduardo Gotuzzo
12. Partner Organizations Ministries of Health: Loreto DIRESA Loreto Red de Salud Alto Amazonas Connie Fernandez Ucayali DIRESA Ucayali Epidemiology department Dr. Cayo Environmental health unit Ing. Saenz
13. Partner Organizations Others: Peruvian Amazon Research Institute (IIAP) Virginia Montoya (Anthropologist) Elsa Rengifo (Biologist) Manuel Saudre (Agronomist) Jose Choy (Agronomist) National Meteorology and Hydrology Services (SENAMHI) – Loreto Branch Marco Paredes (Engineer)
14. Collaborators International Labour Office PRO 169 LiliamLandeo (regional coordinator) www.pro169.org Instituto del Bien Comun Ucayali Carlos Arana (regional coordinator) Mario Osorio (in charge of SICNA) www.ibcperu.org
17. Cohort Study Implement community based prospective cohort study: Size: 1,000 approx Length: 3 years Frequency: Baseline study start of year 1 Additional study end of year1, 2, and 3 Every three months for water/airborne diseases Will allow to determine seasonal variations
18. Methods Standardized questionnaire: Socio-demographic characteristics Health-related knowledge and behaviours Perceived health status Recent Illness Use of health care
19. Methods Clinical evaluation: Assess nutritional status General health status Including hypertension Skin lesions Traces of leishmaniasis Febriles
20. Methods Anthropometrics: Height and weight Laboratory tests: Malaria thick smears Leishmaniasis skin test Yellow fever and Dengue IgG, Glucose test Syphilis treponemic test and hematocrit. Ova and parasites stool analysis
21. Methods Entomological surveillance: To be carried out by MoH at study sites Water quality: With support from MoH Experience and tools to locally test for: Fecal coliforms Turbidity / conductivity pH parasitology Heavy metal testing must be done in Lima
22. Ethical Considerations Community approval: Already obtained from community leaders Approval must be reconfirmed Could result in modification to methodologies Local indigenous coordinator: To help communicate the process before, during, and after the development of each research protocol
23. Ethical Considerations Treatments: Provided by MoH national programs: Malaria Leishmaniasis Provided by IHACC: Antibiotics Anemia Parasites Syphilis
24. Ethical Considerations Team members with experience working with indigenous groups: Dr. Alejandro Llanos Dr. Patty Garcia Dr. César Cárcamo Dr. Isaac Alva Dr. Carol Zavaleta
25. Results Dissemination Annual coordination meetings with: Community representatives: Chief and project coordinator Indigenous leaders: National, regional, and local indigenous organizations National authorities: Regional government and local municipality Ministry of health representative Other local collaborators
Rio Armanayacu – Rio huallaga – Rio Marañon – Rio Ucayali
Cayetano Heredia Fundation will be the administrative leading in this projectIndigenous Health unit will be create to give a better support Global Health unit / Epidemiology department of Public Health will be associatedDra. Patricia GarciaDr. Cesar CarcamoDr. Magaly BlassSoc. Angela BayerTropical Medicine Institute of UPCHDr. Eduardo Gotuzzo
Connie – trained at UPCH in a master program in control infectious diseases
SICNA: The Information System on Native Communities in the Peruvian Amazon (Sistema de Información sobre Comunidades Nativas de la Amazonía Peruana, SICNA) is a georeferenced database that contains geographic and tabular information on native communities. The use and dissemination of the SICNA promotes territorial ordering and the defense of the rights of indigenous peoples, allowing for community territories to be titled and protecting indigenous peoples living in voluntary
Primary objective: To estimate the incidence of water/airborne diseases, vector-borne diseases, sexual transmitted infections (STI) and food security-related diseases in indigenous communities of the peruvian amazon region.Secondary objective:To identify individual, behavioural, and environmental risk factors associated to these problems
To implement a community based prospective cohort: Aproximately 1000.Three years: a baseline and three additional measures at the end of year 1 , 2 and 3. In the case of water-airborne diseases, participants will be followe very 3 months, in order to determine seasonal variations
Standardized questionnaire:Sociodemographic characteristics, health-related knowledge and behaviors, perceived health status, recent illnesses, and health care.Clinical evaluation: To assess nutritional status, general health status (including hypertension) and skin lesions (scare of leshmania)
There is not a program of control of Syphilis in those communities, and there some reports f STDs in native communitiesand because globalization this can be an indicator important to study
Local Minister of health has experience doing evaluation of the water quality of the river: microbiological, heavy metals and parasitological messuares
Iterative: We have already gotten permission from leaders of communities, however this could be asked again, It could means some modifications finall in methodologies An indigenous local coordinator will be nominated by each community to “canalizar” el proceso antes , durante y despues del desarrollo de cada protocolo
Treatment for malaria and leshmania will be provided for MoH as part of National ProgramsTreatment for anemia, parasites and syphilis will be provided by IHACC
Dr. Llanos, Dra. Patty Garcia, Dr. Isaac Alva y Dra. Carol Zavaleta, tiene experiencia trabajando con estos y con otros grupos indigenas