Paraguay strengthens its commitment to control Chagas disease

The Ministry of Public Health has published the first two National Guidelines of Chagas management with the aim of eliminating the disease as a public health problem.

12 July 2021

Presentation of the handbooks in Paraguay / Ministerio de Salud Publica y Bienestar Social

These first guidelines are a very useful and accessible tool for the health personnel about the management of protocolized care for affected people: One guidelines is dedicated to the management of Chagas in adults, and the other for women and babies.  
 
Considering that Paraguay achieved the certification of interruption of vector transmission in the whole country, in 2018, now the aim of the guaraní nation is to continue that endeavor by tracking the affected people and improving their access to diagnosis and treatment.  
 
The guidelines designed for the management of young women and children highlights the early detection, in childbearing and pregnant women as well as in newborn babies, as a priority for the elimination of the congenital transmission. It is also a tool to expand the access to diagnosis and treatment for the whole affected community. 
 
The guidelines have been supported by the advice of the Initiative of Chagas disease of ISGlobal and it is aligned with the latest PAHO guidelines for the region.
 
 
You can access to this information following this link.

 

#IWearTheTShirt of the World Chagas Disease Day

03 April 2023

 
5th EDITION OF WORLD CHAGAS DISEASE DAY – 14 April 2024
 
 
 
Spot for the World Chagas Day 2023
 
 
With a simple gesture, you can support the visibility of the fight against Chagas disease. Wear the World Chagas Day T-shirt and upload it to your social networks with the hashtags #IWearTheTShirt of the World Chagas Disease Day or #MePongoLaCamiseta del día Mundial de Chagas. Share it. And if you know influencers in the world of scientific communication, sports or culture, do not hesitate to ask them for their support to wear the T-shirt and upload it to their networks.
 
This T-shirt has the color of hope and earth, the color of a tree trunk and its leaves. It is the symbol of hope with its feet on the ground, as chosen by the associations of affected people. The logo printed on it also represents the whole community involved in this problem.
 
Little by little, we are populating the networks with the Chagas Day T-shirt.
 
If you wish to screen print the t-shirt locally in large quantities, you can do it in white or any other format that is economical. But if it is possible for you to do it in the original green and brown model we encourage you to do it. If you need the design, order it on our website or through the Beatchagas website (at the addresses below).


 

Contact us to request t-shirt design:

comunicacion@coalicionchagas.org
 
For more information: https://beatchagas.info/

#IWearTheTShirt #PonteLaCamiseta #MePongoLaCamiseta #DíaMundialChagas #BeatNTDs

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