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World Chagas Disease Day - April 14
April 16 , 2023
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- It aims to raise awareness about this little-known disease that affects millions every year, especially the poor population and people in Latin America.
- In 2019, the 72nd World Health Assembly dedicated this day to the disease.
- This year’s theme is “time to integrate Chagas disease into primary health care”.
- Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis.
- The disease is named after physician Carlos Chagas who first detected it in a Brazillian child in 1909.
- It is a communicable parasitic disease that has infected 6-7 million people and claims around 12,000 lives every year across the globe.
- It is caused by the parasite protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi.
- There are currently no vaccines available for Chagas disease.
