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Detailed explanation-1: -World Chagas Disease Day is observed on April 14 to raise awareness around chagas disease.

Detailed explanation-2: -14 April is World Chagas Disease Chagas disease, also known as “silent or silenced disease", affects mainly poor people without access to health care or people without a political voice. The disease progresses slowly and often shows an asymptomatic clinical course.

Detailed explanation-3: -The theme for 2022 is finding and reporting every case to defeat chagas disease. In many countries, there are low detection rates (<10%, frequently <1%) and frequent barriers to access adequate healthcare.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chagas disease is endemic in 21 countries in the Americas, and affects approximately 6 million people. In the Americas, Chagas disease show an annual incidence of 30, 000 new cases average, 12, 000 deaths per year, and 8, 600 newborns become infected during gestation.

Detailed explanation-5: -The current shortage of benznidazole makes Chagas disease a neglected tropical disease also in developed countries.