Back to allThe village using a volcanic plaster to shield homes from disease-carrying insects
The insidious Chagas disease often affects poorer communities as the bloodsucking insects that transmit it thrive in low-quality housing. See how affordable prevention techniques – like sealing cracked walls with homemade plaster – is helping rural communities keep the bugs and disease at bay.
This film is presented by the International Development Research Centre, as part of the Healthier Together series presented by the WHO Foundation and produced by BBC StoryWorks.
Location: Guatemala
Story partner: International Development Research Centre