PAHO and the Global Chagas Coalition highlight the central role of women in eliminating the disease
World Chagas Disease Day 2026: Official Statement 08/04/2026 World Chagas Disease Day: April 14, 2026 For World Chagas Disease…
WORLD CHAGAS DISEASE DAY 2025 – Six Commitments Against Chagas Disease
On 14 April, World Chagas Disease Day, member organizations of the Global Chagas Coalition are sharing and encouraging…
Capturing the true picture of Chagas disease to end its dangerous impacts
Chagas Disease has long been one of the world’s most neglected diseases with a complex prognosis if left…
World Chagas Disease Day: Time to integrate Chagas disease into primary health care
On the occasion of World Chagas Disease Day on 14 April, WHF, a member of the Global Chagas…
Six commitments to advance towards the elimination of Chagas disease as a public health problem
On September 23, 2022, the members of the Chagas Disease Clinical Research Platform[1] and the Global Chagas Coalition[2],…
2022 Emerging Leaders cohort: CVD and Infectious diseases
The 2022 Emerging Leaders Seminar took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina and brought together a team of Emerging…
World Chagas Disease Day 2022: “Help Us to Know How Many We Are and Where We Are”
The registration and monitoring of cases are key pieces to breaking the silence of Chagas, according to WHO…
Voices of Chagas: a disease that knows no borders
First discovered more than 100 years ago, Chagas disease continues to affect more than six million people worldwide…
World Chagas Day 2021: All we need is your attention
People affected by Chagas disease ask the international community for comprehensive care for this neglected disease that celebrates…
COVID-19 could worsen outcome for those with “forgotten” or neglected diseases
Geneva/Rio de Janeiro (13 October 2020) – The impact of COVID-19 on people with underlying health conditions, particularly…
Celebrating World Chagas Day for the first time to help give visibility to this neglected disease
Starting this year, 14 April will serve to give visibility in the global health agenda to the challenges…
WHF and IASC launch new Global Roadmap to eliminate Chagas disease
WASHINGTON, D.C./GENEVA (30 March 2020) – The World Heart Federation (WHF) launched today a new roadmap aimed at…
Unitaid seeks to support new approaches to tackle Chagas disease
Brasilia – Unitaid has launched a call for proposals for new projects that can help eliminate congenital infection of Chagas disease…
Following 110 years of neglect, the World Health Assembly declares an official day for Chagas disease
[Spanish version below] Delegates at the 72nd World Health Assembly (WHA) have today approved the creation of a…
‘Chagas Disease – Breaking the Silence’
Chagas Disease affects more than 7 million people worldwide, but only 1 in 10 are diagnosed and less than 1% receive treatment. When left…
Chagas: The time is now to end 110 years of neglect, Llega el momento de acabar con 110 años de invisibilidad
[English] The people affected by Chagas disease will claim this 14th of April as World Chagas Day in…
Paving the way for WHF Roadmaps in 2019
The WHF Roadmaps have become a cornerstone or highlighting priority disease areas in cardiovascular disease. The intended purpose…
First joint meeting of the WHF and Inter American Society of Cardiology Expert Group on Chagas
Chagas disease is often referred to as the Silent Killer. This is because it frequently remains undiagnosed and untreated,…
MSF launches campaign to raise awareness of Chagas Disease
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders launches a sensitization campaign to raise awareness about Chagas Disease The initiative targets…