{"id":504604,"date":"2026-04-13T17:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/world-chagas-disease-day\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:59:00","slug":"world-chagas-disease-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/world-chagas-disease-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Chagas Disease Day"},"content":{"rendered":"The <strong>April 14th<\/strong> commemorates the <strong>World Chagas Disease Day<\/strong>, a date established by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness about this silent disease that affects millions of people, mainly in Latin America.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Chagas disease?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nIt is a disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, mainly transmitted by insects known as \"kissing bugs\" or triatomines, which live in precarious dwellings.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong> How is it transmitted?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Insect vector bite (kissing bug)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contaminated blood transfusions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From mother to child during pregnancy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consumption of contaminated food<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transplants of infected organs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong> Symptoms<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Acute phase:<\/strong> fever, general malaise, inflammation at the bite site<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chronic phase:<\/strong> may remain symptom-free for years, but then cause serious heart and digestive problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong> Importance of the Date<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThis day seeks:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Promote early diagnosis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improve access to treatment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthen prevention and vector control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduce stigma towards affected people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nThe 14th of April was chosen in honor of the day on which the Brazilian doctor Carlos Chagas diagnosed the first case of this disease in 1909.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The April 14th commemorates the World Chagas Disease Day, a date established by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness about this silent disease that affects millions of people, mainly in Latin America. What is Chagas disease? It is a disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, mainly transmitted by insects known as &#8220;kissing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-504604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}