World Chagas Disease Day and the New Road Map for Neglected Tropical Diseases

Leonardo L G Ferreira; Adriano D Andricopulo

doi:10.2174/156802662017200624115305

World Chagas Disease Day and the New Road Map for Neglected Tropical Diseases

Curr Top Med Chem. 2020;20(17):1518-1520. doi: 10.2174/156802662017200624115305.

Authors

Leonardo L G Ferreira¹, Adriano D Andricopulo¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Medicinal and Computational Chemistry Center for Research and Innovation in Biodiversity and Drug Discovery Physics Institute of Sao Carlos University of Sao Paulo, Av. Joao Dagnone 1100 Sao Carlos - SP, 13563-120, Brazil.

PMID: 32830620
DOI: 10.2174/156802662017200624115305

Abstract

The first-ever World Chagas Disease Day, celebrated in April 14, 2020, is a key initiative to raise awareness of the impact of this neglected tropical disease (NTD). This landmark comes along with the first World NTD Day and the new WHO Road Map on NTDs for 2021-2030.

Keywords: COVID-19; Neglected Tropical Diseases; New road map for neglected tropical diseases; World chagas disease day; World health organization.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Chagas Disease* / drug therapy
Humans
Neglected Diseases*
Tropical Medicine
Trypanocidal Agents / therapeutic use

Substances

Trypanocidal Agents