Tarija, Bolivia
For my final week of rotations, I was in the Chagas clinic, one of the most important healthcare clinics in Tarija.
About 60% of Tarija's population is infected with Chagas, an epidemic that much like AIDS and tuberculosis, is highly stigmatized, largely affects underprivileged communities, and takes many lives every year. However, unlike AIDS and TB, Chagas has been neglected by the 1st world as a major health concern, and although a cure was discovered 100 y...