Access to diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease/infection in endemic and non-endemic countries in the XXI century.

In this article, Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) Spain faces the challenge of selecting, piecing together, and conveying in the clearest possible way, the main lessons learnt over the course of the last seven years in the world of medical care for Chagas disease. More than two thousand children under the age of 14 have been treated; the majority of whom come from rural Latin American areas with difficult access. It is based on these lessons learnt, through mistakes and successes, that MSF advocates that medical care for patients with Chagas disease be a reality, in a manner which is inclusive (not exclusive), integrated (with medical, psychological, social, and educational components), and in which the patient is actively followed. This must be a multi-disease approach with permanent quality controls in place based on primary health care (PHC). Rapid diagnostic tests and new medications should be available, as well as therapeutic plans and patient management (including side effects) with standardised flows for medical care for patients within PHC in relation to secondary and tertiary level, inclusive of epidemiological surveillance systems

LA FLORICULTURA TROPICAL: UN COMPLEMENTO DEL TURISMO RURAL EN LA ZONA CENTRO DEL ESTADO DE VERACRUZ, MÉXICO

Floriculture in the central area of the state of Veracruz, Mexico is a good complement to rural tourism when undertaking strategies of value added. In the College of Postgraduates an investigation was carried out to know the flower species and to offer alternatives to the floriculturists, which are disclosed through a course that teaches some of the possibilities of adding value to the flower stems. A total of 28 ornamental species were found and the results of a postharvest experiment are reported. Flowers increase their value if they are marketed as floral designs. Thus, the municipalities of the central area of the state of Veracruz can take advantage of floristic resources with the sale of flowers, and explore the use of floriculture as a complement to rural tourism services as an economic strategy and to strengthen the floriculture sector.La floricultura de la zona centro del estado de Veracruz, México es un buen complemento del turismo rural al emprender estrategias de agregación de valor. En el Colegio de Postgraduados se realizó una investigación tendiente a conocer las especies de flores y a brindar alternativas a los floricultores, mismas que se divulgan mediante un curso que enseña algunas de las posibilidades de agregar valor a los tallos florales. Se encontraron 28 especies de ornamentales y se reportan los resultados de un experimento postcosecha. Las flores incrementan su valor si se comercializan como diseños florales. Así los municipios de la zona centro del estado de Veracruz pueden aprovechar los recursos florísticos con la venta de flores, y se explora el uso de la floricultura como complemento de los servicios de turismo rural como estrategia económica y de fortalecimiento del sector florícola