Prevention and control of rheumatic heart disease: Overcoming core challenges in resource-poor environments

Prevention and control of rheumatic heart disease: Overcoming core challenges in resource-poor environments

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has long receded as a significant threat to public health in high-income countries. In low-resource settings, however, the specter of RHD remains unabated, as exemplified by recent data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study. There are many complex reasons for this on...

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Main Authors: Scott Dougherty, Andrea Beaton, Bruno R Nascimento, Liesl J Zühlke, Maziar Khorsandi, Nigel Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Subjects:
Control
developing countries
prevention
rheumatic heart disease
Online Access:http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2018;volume=11;issue=1;spage=68;epage=78;aulast=Dougherty

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