This April 14th is World Chagas disease day; this neglected disease is extended worldwide. About
\n6 to 8 million people live with Chagas disease in the world, with 1.2 million being women of
\nchildbearing age. However, diagnosis and treatment of women of fertile age prevent congenital
\ntransmission; for this reason, we need everyone\u2019s help to make this disease visible. In this sense,
\nMarcelo Abril, Chief Executive Officer of Mundo Sano, answers five questions about this disease.<\/p>\n
While important advances have been made in the intradomiciliary control of insect populations,<\/strong> Chagas disease has been historically transmitted by contact with vinchucas, triatomine bugs that So, can we say that Chagas disease is present in big cities?<\/strong><\/p>\n In the last decades, due to migratory movements within countries and to neighbouring countries, Can this silent disease be treated?<\/strong><\/p>\n Chagas disease can be treated. Treatment should be provided early, before the development of I would like to stress that in Argentina, diagnosis is made through a simple blood test, which is free Has progress been made in the treatment of this disease in the last years?<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, and very important ones, in the control both of vector transmission and transfusions and What is the next step of the Foundation regarding Chagas disease?<\/strong><\/p>\n Our Foundation works both on prevention, to avoid new cases of Chagas disease, and on Since 2021, we have been a Technical Unit of the new Ibero-American initiative for Congenital<\/strong> Chagas disease is a public health issue that involves all of us as a society. Diagnosis and treatment This April 14th is World Chagas disease day; this neglected […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":22186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[342,257,418,343,419,184,261],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nare there any other transmission routes of Chagas disease?<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nare widely distributed both in rural and urban areas of Latin America. However, there are other
\ntransmission routes, which are currently under control, such as blood transfusions and
\ntransplantation of organs from an infected person. There is another transmission route, mother-
\nto-child transmission during pregnancy or childbirth. In the current context, due to the magnitude
\nof this mode of transmission, it is very significant for disease epidemiology.<\/p>\n
\nmost of the infected people have lived in urban settings, very often outside the historically Chagas
\nendemic areas. This phenomenon has expanded to other continents, as a consequence of
\nmigratory movements from Latin America to the rest of the world, mainly Europe and the United
\nStates.<\/p>\n
\ncardiac or digestive symptoms. At present, there are two drugs for the treatment of the disease:
\nbenznidazole and nifurtimox. The earlier the treatment is given, the better the expected result;
\nthis is why early diagnosis in children and young people is so important.<\/p>\n
\nof charge and can be performed in public hospitals.<\/p>\n
\norgan transplantations. For this reason, now it is time to support the advances made and work all
\ntogether to control mother-to-child transmission<\/strong> of the disease, a goal that can and must be met.<\/p>\n
\npromoting access to diagnosis and treatment and making it real, because we want \u201cnew
\ngenerations free of Chagas disease\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nChagas \u201cNot a single baby with Chagas disease: the path towards new generations free of<\/strong>
\nChagas disease\u201d<\/strong>, which aims at eliminating mother-to-child transmission of Chagas disease\u201d, a
\nrole that makes us feel proud and responsible.<\/p>\n
\nof women of childbearing age prevent congenital transmission; for this reason, we need
\neveryone\u2019s help to make this disease visible and to meet the goal that not a single baby is born
\nwith Chagas disease by 2030<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"