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.

 

World Chagas Disease Day: Toolkit for Social Network

Chagas Coalition launches a social media kit to help raise awareness on this neglected tropical disease on its World Day.

26 March 2024

World Chagas Disease Day is celebrated on April 14 to raise awareness on this neglected disease. It was first celebrated on April 14, 2020, following the approval and endorsement received by the World Health Assembly at WHO in May 2019.
 
Chagas Coalition offers a social media kit for this year's World Day. The kit contains key information, plus messages and visual graphics and photographs adapted for several social networks (X, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and WhatsApp). Also, a video-message has been made with the participation of representatives from different stakeholders. Our goal is that anyone can raise their voice and be heard, thus contributing to raising awareness and knowledge on this neglected tropical disease that affects more than 6 million people around the world.
 
Let's participate in the World Chagas Day also digitally to support this cause and raise awareness among the general population about this relevant public health problem. In 2024 we urge governments, public institutions and other actors to work for better diagnosis, treatment and follow-up for the affected people. 
 
 
COMMUNICATION TOOLKIT
 
(also in Spanish: PDF or DOCX format)
Download the graphics and visual content from this folder

Keep checking this page to follow all the events scheduled in the month of World Chagas Disease Day 2024
 
 
Link to video: Chagas Coalition - Message on this #WorldChagasDay 2024

 


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