The role of the Policy-makers.

• Increase investments in capacity and resources towards prevention, diagnosis, management, control, surveillance and screening, starting at primary healthcare level.
• Be aware that risk of infection is not limited to areas where bugs are found – transmission can also occur by transfusion of blood and blood products, organ transplantation, congenital routes, oral/foodborne routes and laboratory accident.
• Include Chagas disease in policies related to migration and health.