World Health Organization (WHO)(@WHO) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's the first-ever

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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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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bugbitten(@bugbittentweets) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Throwback Thursday for last week. Published in 2014, but still highly read after several years: The history of Chagas disease
parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Throwback Thursday for #worldchagasdiseaseday last week. Published in 2014, but still highly read after several years: The history of Chagas disease
parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
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bugbitten(@bugbittentweets) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Under pressure: phenotypic divergence and convergence associated with microhabitat adaptations in triatomine bugs, the vectors of Chagas disease.

parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Under pressure: phenotypic divergence and convergence associated with microhabitat adaptations in triatomine bugs, the vectors of Chagas disease. #WorldChagasDiseaseDay 

parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
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Alberto(@almagoch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

El megacolon chagásico también es relevante para los . Uno de sus tratamientos: la de Duhamel-Haddad, donde se cerraba el muñón rectal, y se exteriorizaba el colon proximal por el periné, para después conectarlo lateralmente 😮😮😮

El megacolon chagásico también es relevante para los #Cirujanos. Uno de sus tratamientos: la #Cirugía de Duhamel-Haddad, donde se cerraba el muñón rectal, y se exteriorizaba el colon proximal por el periné, para después conectarlo lateralmente 😮😮😮 #WorldChagasDiseaseDay
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World Health Organization (WHO)(@WHO) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's

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

👉 bit.ly/3dXi6i9

It's #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.

 👉 bit.ly/3dXi6i9
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World Health Organization (WHO)(@WHO) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's

has the most disproportionate impact among Latin America's impoverished communities but it is increasingly detected in other parts of the world.

With an estimated 6-7M people infected globally and high mortality rates, it poses a

It's #WorldChagasDiseaseDay 

#ChagasDisease has the most disproportionate impact among Latin America's impoverished communities but it is increasingly detected in other parts of the world.

With an estimated 6-7M people infected globally and high mortality rates, it poses a
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World Health Organization (WHO)(@WHO) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's

Finding & reporting every case is 🔑 to defeating - 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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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.

👉 bit.ly/3LOfH8N
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World Health Organization (WHO)(@WHO) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's

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

📌 bit.ly/406wJFV

It's #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.

📌 bit.ly/406wJFV
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus(@DrTedros) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today for the first time, the global community is recognising .
is referred to sometimes as a 'silent disease', but every year 6-7 million mainly poor people contract the disease and over 10,000 people die.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus(@DrTedros) 's Twitter Profile Photo

affects 7 million people, most of them from low-income communities with limited access to health care. On , we call on countries to strengthen primary health care, so that the disease can be detected early enough and lives can be saved.

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Dr Camilla Ducker(@drclstbg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's
 has the most disproportionate impact among Latin America's poorest communities but it is increasingly detected elsewhere. With an estimated 6-7M people infected globally & high mortality it is a significant public health threat.

It's #WorldChagasDiseaseDay
#ChagasDisease has the most disproportionate impact among Latin America's poorest communities but it is increasingly detected elsewhere. With an estimated 6-7M people infected globally & high mortality it is a significant public health threat.
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Novartis Global Health(@NovartisGH) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Chagas disease affects approximately 6M people, mainly in Latin America. Learn more about how Novartis is reimagining the fight against Chagas disease together with our partners.

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