KILLER DISEASES | Chagas Disease Treatment

FIRST PUBLISHED 6 July 2016

The most effective way to prevent Chagas disease is to kill the bug that carries the disease. For rural regions, a rapid diagnosis test exists but needs to be confirmed with a blood test. It is hoped that new, more effective, more practical and shorter treatments will be available in the next few years.

Watch all of the Killer Diseases – Chagas disease videos:
History:    • KILLER DISEASES | A History of Chagas...  
Geography:    • KILLER DISEASES | Chagas Disease Arou...  
Body:    • KILLER DISEASES | How Chagas Disease ...  
Treatment:    • KILLER DISEASES | Chagas Disease Trea...  

Learn more about DNDi's work to develop better treatments for Chagas disease: https://www.dndi.org/diseases-project...

This video is part of the "Killer Diseases" series produced by MSF France, Allodocteurs, Réseau Canopé, Fondation Mérieux, universcience, Inserm, Institut Pasteur, and DNDi. Supported by les Investissements d’avenir.