Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) key opinion leaders, health ministers, clinicians, and industry representatives gathered in Ethiopia in February 2015. The question: how to eradicate RHD in Africa. The response: the Addis Ababa communiqué, a practical document outlining seven major barriers to RHD control in Africa and seven strategies to address them.
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Beaton, A., Sable, C. Reducing rheumatic heart disease in Africa — time for action. Nat Rev Cardiol 13, 190–191 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2016.28
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