Donor agency commitment to Chagas disease.

摘要

Ricardo Pereira Igreja (April 18, p 1340)1 addresses important changes in the epidemiology of Chagas disease by highlighting new modes of transmission, the effects of migration, and the altered clinical picture of the disease in HIV/AIDS patients. As we enter a new era in the battle against the disease, representatives from 16 Latin American ministries of health and major donor agencies met in Belem, Brazil, on April 20-24, to reinvigorate the regional alliance. The meeting, co-organised by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Pan-American Health Organization " (PAHO), adopted a proposal to submit as a resolution to the World Health Assembly (WHA) on May 18-27, thus marking a renewed commitment to tackling Chagas disease in the country where Carlos Chagas discovered it 100 years ago. Unfortunately, owing to a shortened agenda and the predominance of pandemic influenza, submission of this resolution was postponed until next year's WHA.