Geospatial tools and Chagas control: a critical comment on the paper of Weinberg et al., Evaluation and planning of Chagas control activities using geospatial tools. Geospat Health 2019;14:229-238

David E. Gorla

doi:10.4081/gh.2020.901

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2020.901

David E. Gorla | david.gorla08@gmail.com Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal, CONICET – Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9323-9365

Abstract

The contribution of the geospatial tools to the vector control activities of Chagas disease is very clear for the academic and technology-prone communities, but not so much for the state-dependent health agents (national or provincial) that are ultimately responsible for disease control in Latin America. (...)

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