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Education: The prevention of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Malawi

BACKGROUND: With an estimated prevalence of 183,200 cases, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a major public health problem in Malawi. However, patients in Malawi with advanced RHD are left with substantial and life-threatening disability because there are no surgical options available in our country...

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Autores principales: Sanyahumbi, Amy, Chiromo, Patricia, Chiume, Msandeni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Medical Association Of Malawi 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6895388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31839892
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/mmj.v31i3.9