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[Correspondence] The Perth Declaration to eliminate rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
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The persistence of rheumatic heart disease reveals how profoundly social inequity can shape who benefits from medical progress. Approximately 55 million people live with the disease, and more than 370 000 die each year.1 It is the most common acquired heart disease in people younger than 25 years… (The Lancet)
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[Correspondence] The Perth Declaration to eliminate rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
The persistence of rheumatic heart disease reveals how profoundly social inequity can shape who benefits from medical progress. Approximately 55 million people live with the disease, and more than 370 000 die each year.1 It is the most common acquired heart disease in people younger than 25 years…
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Perth Declaration sets 2040 global target to eliminate rheumatic heart disease
The National Heart Foundation of Australia, World Heart Federation and attendees of the Second World Congress on Rheumatic Heart Disease have today launched the Perth Declaration, a global plan to eliminate rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) as a public health problem by 2040. The…
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