"Mark Your Calendars: World Chagas Disease Day Set for 2023"

World Chagas Disease Day 2023 aims to raise awareness about the disease, which affects 6-7 million people worldwide and causes 12,000 deaths annually. The theme for 2023 is "Time to integrate Chagas disease into primary health care" to address low detection rates and barriers to healthcare access. Chagas disease is prevalent among poor populations in Latin America but is increasingly being detected in other countries and continents. It is often a "silent and silenced disease" with no or mild symptoms. Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan parasite T. cruzi.