Maintaining the Momentum for Chagas disease in the Context of COVID-19
AGENDA:
I. Meeting opening, introduction and presentation of objectives
– Fco. Javier Sancho Más – Chagas Coalition
– Fausto Pinto – World Heart Federation
– Pedro Albajar-Vinas – WHO Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
– Fausto Pinto – World Heart Federation
– Pedro Albajar-Vinas – WHO Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
II. Overview on recent impactful achievements; adaptation of work in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and new instruments and tools
– Manuel Segovia – Regional Unit of Tropical Medicine of Murcia
– Maira Carolina Guzmán – ASAPECHA
– Veruska Maia da Costa – Grupo Técnico de doença de Chagas, Ministry of Health, Brazil
– Marcelo Abril – Fundación Mundo Sano
– Wilson Oliveira Junior – Coordinator of Casa de Chagas / Recife / Pernambuco / Brazil
– Mauricio Vera Soto – Ministry of Health, Colombia
– Blanca Lizett Chinchilla – Chagas subprogram. Ministry of Health. MSPAS, Guatemala
– Rachel Marcus – LASOCHA
– Ulrich Dietmar Madeja – Bayer
– José Maurício Cysne – UNITAID
– Maira Carolina Guzmán – ASAPECHA
– Veruska Maia da Costa – Grupo Técnico de doença de Chagas, Ministry of Health, Brazil
– Marcelo Abril – Fundación Mundo Sano
– Wilson Oliveira Junior – Coordinator of Casa de Chagas / Recife / Pernambuco / Brazil
– Mauricio Vera Soto – Ministry of Health, Colombia
– Blanca Lizett Chinchilla – Chagas subprogram. Ministry of Health. MSPAS, Guatemala
– Rachel Marcus – LASOCHA
– Ulrich Dietmar Madeja – Bayer
– José Maurício Cysne – UNITAID
III. Special remarks and open discussion and Closing of the meeting
– Nisia Lima – Fiocruz
– Sergio Sosa-Estani – DNDi
– Silvia Gold – Mundo Sano. Uniting to Combat NTds. Chagas Coalition Board
– Hayato Urabe – GHIT
– Mónica Quijano – Novartis Global Health
– Norman Beatty – University of Florida
– Irene Losada – Chagas Initiative. ISGlobal
– Silvia Gold – Mundo Sano. Uniting to Combat NTds. Chagas Coalition Board
– Hayato Urabe – GHIT
– Mónica Quijano – Novartis Global Health
– Norman Beatty – University of Florida
– Irene Losada – Chagas Initiative. ISGlobal
– Ezequiel Zaidel – WHF, Argentina
Co-organizers: Chagas Coalition, World Heart Federation and WHO Department of Control of neglected tropical diseases
Participants: Representatives of Ministries of Health, policymakers, institutions and organizations WHO partners and stakeholders, associations of people affected by Chagas disease.
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