On December 16, the first Scientific-technical meeting of Chagas Disease laboratories was held at the office of the Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare of Madrid, Spain.
The meeting was organized by Mundo Sano Foundation, the Unit for Leishmaniasis and Chagas Disease, The Parasitology Reference and Research Laboratory, the National Microbiology Centre, and the Carlos III Health Institute of Madrid, and aimed at analysing the current status of the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease.