On August 29th, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Chemo Research’s New Drug Application (NDA) for benznidazole. This is the first drug ever approved by the FDA to treat Chagas disease.
Benznidazole is an essential medicine for Chagas disease, a dangerous parasitic disease that affects an estimated 6 to 8 million people worldwide. In […]
The Government of Castilla La Mancha has announced the awarding of an acknowledgement approved by the Government Council at its session, where Mundo Sano’s contribution to development and research was recognized. Next 31st May, the foundation will be awarded a plaque of appreciation for the actions focused on community health within the sphere of the neglected diseases.
Madrid, Sunday 22nd May. Mundo Sano and Salud entre Culturas, with health staff from Hospital Ramón y Cajal, carried out diagnosis tests for detection of Chagas disease in Usera district. Approximately 700 men, women and children attended the Centro Cultural de Usera to have the diagnosis made. The samples taken were transferred to the Centro Nacional de Microbiología (ISCIII), where they will be analysed.
On Sunday 8th of May, the World Meeting on Chagas Disease was held in Switzerland with hundreds of people attending.
The multidisciplinary protocol for Chagas Disease was introduced, encompassing both gynaecology and obstetrics and cardiology and gastroenterology as well. It was organized by the Unit of Tropical and Travellers’ Medicine, and Miriam Navarro –physician and researcher at Mundo Sano Spain– and Briggitte Jordan –health care agent specialized in Chagas disease–.were in charge. On that occasion, […]
Coincidental with the World Chagas Day, the Global Chagas Disease Coalition issues the report “Breaking the silence”
Through her Foundation, Mundo Sano, Dr. Silvia Gold has contributed to create consensus on how to treat patients, and she has succeeded in manufacturing the treatment in her own company.
On August 27 and 28, the 7th Intergovernmental Initiative for the Surveillance and Prevention of Chagas Disease in the Amazon Region (AMCHA) was held in Río Branco, Brazil, within the framework of the 50th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine.
Mundo Sano was present together with specialists of the region who addressed the […]
