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    Bolivia: Global Health Lessons in

    Ecotourism & Community Health


    Charissa Zhu, czhu@terpmail.umd.edu
    Global Public Health Scholars | Psychology & Family Science

    Introduction A Day in the Life Challenges Faced


    • Faculty-led study abroad trip 5:00AM – Breakfast • Indigenous communities'
    • One Health: Integrated disease 6:00AM –Travel by boat on challenges:
    prevention for people, Tuichi River to the Asuncion del • Access to healthcare is
    livestock, and the environment 1 Quiquibey community limited (doctors only visit
    • Discussed the following topics 12:30PM – Eat lunch with 1-3x a year)
    in the context of indigenous community members, discuss • Resources can be scarce
    communities: ecotourism industry • Healthcare provider challenges:
    • Health & dental services 4:30PM –Travel by boat to San • Difficulties in traveling to
    • Livestock parasite Miguel del Bala community remote communities
    management 5:30 PM – Meet with Rio Beni • Space for supplies is limited
    • Implications of proposed Health Foundation to discuss • Lack of healthcare literacy
    hydro-electric dams2 rural healthcare in indigenous
    communities
    Public Health Implications
    Objectives • Close monitoring of human
    • How can we promote public and livestock interactions
    health in remote areas with prevents disease
    great biodiversity and • Fund and support local
    indigenous knowledge? healthcare organizations who
    • Work with field experts and can reach remote areas
    indigenous community • Complementary health
    members to discuss approaches
    • Indigenous healthcare
    • One Health
    Image 1. A map of the Bolivian Amazon, including all
    • Ecotourism the fieldwork sites. Acknowledgements
    • Mechanisms of remote A huge thank you to Dr. Olivia
    healthcare Carter-Pokras and Ruth Alipaz
    Cuqui for organizing this study
    abroad trip! Dr. Carter-Pokras
    Fieldwork Sites in Bolivia
    graciously shared her expert, insight,
    • Santa Cruz de la Sierra
    and beautiful home country with us.
    • Rurrenabaque
    • Madidi National Park
    • Indigenous communities: References
    • San Jose de Uchupiamonas 1. Alandia, E., Ulhart, M.M., Terrazas, A., Wallace, R., Karesh, W. B. Bolivia –
    Integrated disease prevention for livestock, people, and conservation. OIE
    Global Conference on Wildlife “Animal Health and Biodiversity –
    • Ascuncion del Quiquibey Preparing for the Future.” Paris, France. February 2011.
    2. Elwell, J. (2018) Development and Duplicity in the case of the Chepete
    Image 2. A dental hygiene presentation by a dentist
    • San Miguel del Bala from the Rio Beni Health Foundation.
    and El Bala dams. Retrieved from
    https://theecologist.org/2018/aug/17/development-and-duplicity-case-
    chepete-and-el-bala-dams-jonathan-elwell-investigates.

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