“…In Brazil, a new Consensus on Chagas disease was published in December 2016; bringing in a more structured and evidence-based guideline 1,4 . Other countries, such as Bolivia, Colombia, and Argentina are in the process of developing new adjusted national guidelines for Chagas disease 5,8 . In addition to the initial non-availability of evidence-based guidelines, there was also a lack of minimum standardization between and within the different countries, which created even greater obstacles for an integrated global response 9,10 .…”