World Chagas Day

• On 14 April 2022, the third World Chagas Disease Day was celebrated all over the world.

• To spread awareness about Choga Rog (diseases caused by insects and silent diseases).

• On May 24, 2019, the World Health Assembly approved to celebrate this day.

• This disease is also known as American trypanosomiasis, silenced disease or silent disease.

• The disease is caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma crizu.

• He treated the first patient of this disease in Brazil on 14 April 1909.

• This day was first celebrated on the year 2020.