World Chagas Disease Day is annually observed on 14 April to raise awareness around Chagas disease.

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World Chagas Disease Day is annually observed on 14 April to raise awareness around Chagas disease. It was first celebrated on April 14, 2020, and was named after Carlos Ribeiro Justiniano Chagas, the Brazilian doctor who diagnosed the first case on April 14, 1909. World Chagas Disease Day was approved for creation on May 24, 2019, at the 72nd session of the World Health Assembly, and officially created at the WHA plenary on May 28, 2019. The theme for World Chagas Disease Day 2024 is "Tackling Chagas disease: detect early and care for life".


     

     

     

 

     


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