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It's #WorldChagasDiseaseDay

Finding & reporting every case is 🔑 to defeating #ChagasDisease - a potentially life-threatening illness, transmitted through contact with the faeces or urine of a triatomine bug found mainly in Latin America.

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About 6 to 7 million people are infected with #ChagasDisease, causing 10 000 deaths yearly. Most infections occur in Latin America but the disease is increasingly detected in other parts of the 🌐, with 75 million at risk of infection

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It's #WorldChagasDiseaseDay

In many countries, there are low detection rates of this 'silent disease' & frequent barriers to access adequate healthcare. Equitable access to health care & services for everyone affected by #ChagasDisease are crucial.

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It's the first-ever #WorldChagasDiseaseDay

#ChagasDisease is a potentially life-threatening illness, transmitted through contact with the faeces or urine of a triatomine bug found mainly in Latin America.

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About 6 to 7 million people are infected with #ChagasDisease, causing 10 000 deaths yearly. Most infections occur in Latin America but the disease is increasingly detected in other parts of the 🌐, with 75 million at risk of infection

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The symptoms of #ChagasDisease are most often non-existent or mild and unspecific. The first visible signs can include:
• skin lesion
• purplish swelling of an eyelid
• fever
• difficulty breathing
• abdominal or chest pain

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