Monster Fix

Thank you for helping us fight Chagas disease in Latin America.

THANK YOU

By playing Monster Fix, you helped us fight Chagas disease in Latin America.

Chagas is an endemic disease in 21 Latin American countries, which affects more than 10 million people.

Monster Fix was created with the aim of mitigating this disorder. Monster Fix is an edutainment app developed by Boston Scientific to support the efforts of Doctors of the World in their fight against Chagas disease. The campaign was introduced in Argentina in 2014. And, due to its positive results, it was launched in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico in 2015.

The campaign is closed now. And it was a real success thanks to your cooperation.

  • With your help, Boston Scientific has donated USD 355,000 to Doctors of the World to fight Chagas disease in Latin America since 2014.
  • Healthcare resources and devices will be arriving destination very soon. Shortly, they will be used in patients who -thanks to Boston Scientific and your help- will be able to improve their quality of life.

2016 PLAN

CHAGAS DISEASE IN BRAZIL

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 1.2 million people were infected by Chagas in Brazil in 2015; also, the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine (BSTM) reports more than 6,000 deaths each year for causes related to this condition. In 2006, Brazil was awarded the international certification for having interrupted the transmission of this vector-borne disease. However, during the last years there have been new outbreaks of severe Chagas cases spread by non-vector borne transmission: from mother to child during pregnancy, intake of contaminated food and some isolated cases of out-of-home vector transmission, especially in Amazônia Legal.

Doctors of the World outlined the following plan to fight Chagas disease in Brazil:

  • Target population: Chagas-affected urban population.
  • Geographical location: São Paulo.
  • Main Goal: To help increase population’s awareness, health education, promotion and protection as a prevention path against Chagas endemic disease in Brazilian adults and children.
  • Goal 1: To conduct a comprehensive prevention campaign of this vertically-transmitted infection and a Chagas-related health promotion campaign aimed at children and teenagers attending schools within the urban areas of the target locations in São Paulo.
  • Goal 2: To conduct a national prevention campaign focused on the vertically-transmitted infection (mother-to-child), re-introduction of the vector-borne disease and a health promotion campaign targeting Chagas together with key social players, such as the National Health Councils and the Public Health Ministries.
  • Goal 3: To make a surgery and implant automatic defibrillators from Boston Scientific on vulnerable, low-income and chronic patients with heart diseases caused by or associated with Chagas disease.

CHAGAS DISEASE IN COLOMBIA

According to the Colombian Institute of Health, between 700,000 and 1.2 million people are infected in Colombia and there are 8 million at risk. Consequently, 40% of its territory is classified as endemic in relation to this disease.

Doctors of the World outlined the following plan to fight Chagas disease in Colombia:

  • Target population: ethnic rural population.
  • Geographical location: Bogotá (national awareness campaign) and Santa Marta.
  • Main Goal: To help increase population’s awareness, health education, promotion and protection as a prevention path against Chagas endemic disease in Colombian adults and children.
  • Goal 1: To conduct a comprehensive prevention campaign and a Chagas-related health promotion campaign aimed at children and teenagers attending schools within the target locations detected in the country.
  • Goal 2: To conduct a national prevention campaign focused on the disease and a health promotion targeting Chagas together with key social players, such as the Colombia Institute of Health, Red Chagas and Health and Social Protection Ministries.
  • Goal 3: To make a surgery and implant automatic defibrillators from Boston Scientific on vulnerable, low-income and chronic patients with heart diseases caused by or associated with Chagas disease.

CHAGAS DISEASE IN MEXICO

Based on the official estimations of the World Health Organization (WHO), there are about 1.1 million people infected by Chagas disease in Mexico. Studies conducted by the National Institute of Public Health concluded that 15,000 people could die each year as a consequence of this disease.

Doctors of the World outlined the following plan to fight Chagas disease in Mexico:

  • Target population: ethnic rural population.
  • Geographical location: Oaxaca.
  • Main Goal: To help increase population’s awareness, health education, promotion and protection as a prevention path against Chagas endemic disease in Mexican adults and children.
  • Goal 1: To conduct a comprehensive prevention campaign and a Chagas-related health promotion campaign aimed at children and teenagers attending schools within the target locations detected in Oaxaca.
  • Goal 2: To conduct a national prevention campaign focused on the disease and a health promotion targeting Chagas together with key social players, such as the Voluntariado Nacional de Salud and the National Department of Health. To conduct a seminar to discuss and reflect on “The Chagas endemic disease and an intercultural and comprehensive collective health strategy” focused on epidemiology, vector control, right to health and interculturality.
  • Goal 3: To make a surgery and implant automatic defibrillators from Boston Scientific on vulnerable, low-income and chronic patients with heart diseases caused by or associated with Chagas disease.

HOW DID YOU DONATE?

The donation campaign is closed now.

With your help, Boston Scientific will donate other USD 205,000 in healthcare resources and supplies -totalizing USD 355,000 from 2014- to help Doctors of the World in their fight against Chagas disease in Latin America.

But you can continue playing and break your own records.

Thank you for joining Monster Fix!

HOW TO PLAY

Monster Fix is a learning game where we need to help some lovely monsters get cured. Each monster will be characterized by a certain pathology. And, each pathology will be divided in two phases: a healing stage and a prevention stage.

To help monsters, two goals must be met: 1) Save the monster, and 2) Help him/her prevent his/her medical condition. Once goals are met, a brief moral will pop up with information about the corresponding pathology. You will find much more information in the microsite www.monsterfix.org.

You can download Monster Fix from Google Play and App Store.

You can also play it online (the demo version), via Facebook, at Monster Fix

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