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Healthy Living Initiative. Building Health Together!
Combining scientific research and local knowledge to build living environments that deter Chagas disease.

CREATE

HEALTH LIVING ENVIRONMENTSOur strategy for preventing Chagas disease and building health recognizes local capacities for identifying and solving problems and is dependent upon achieving a shared sense of ownership in al of the Healthy Living Initiative’s community-based efforts.

LINES OF ACTION

IDENTIFIED THROUGH MORE THAN 13 YEARS OF RESEARCHThree key elements of a healthy living environment are the core of the Initiative’s model for sustainable Chagas disease prevention and control: infrastructure, income generation and health.

PROJECTS

WHERE WE WORKThe Healthy Living Initiative is working with communities in southern Ecuador to construct a Chagas disease prevention model with addresses the interrelated social, economic and political factors driving the disease.