WORLD CHAGAS DISEASE DAY

April 20, 2020

The first World Chagas Disease Day was celebrated on April 14.

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  • World Chagas Disease Day is celebrated on April 14 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 14 April 1909.

  • World Chagas Disease Day was approved for creation on May 24, 2019 at the 72nd session of the World Health Assembly.

Source : WHO

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