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The “Cairo Accord”- Towards the Eradication of RHD: An Update
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children and young adults. It continues to be prevalent in many low- and middle-income countries where it causes significant morbidity and mortality. Following the 2017 Cairo conference “Rheumatic Heart Disease: from...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8282907/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277735 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.690227 |
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author | Kotit, Susy Phillips, David I. W. Afifi, Ahmed Yacoub, Magdi |
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description | Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children and young adults. It continues to be prevalent in many low- and middle-income countries where it causes significant morbidity and mortality. Following the 2017 Cairo conference “Rheumatic Heart Disease: from Molecules to the Global Community,” experts from 21 countries formulated an approach for addressing the problem of RHD: “The Cairo Accord on Rheumatic Heart Disease.” The Accord attempts to set policy priorities for the eradication of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and RHD and builds on a recent series of policy initiatives and calls to action. We present an update on the recommendations of the Cairo Accord and discuss recent progress toward the eradication of RHD, including contributions from our own Aswan Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry (ARGI). |
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spelling | pubmed-82829072021-07-17 The “Cairo Accord”- Towards the Eradication of RHD: An Update Kotit, Susy Phillips, David I. W. Afifi, Ahmed Yacoub, Magdi Front Cardiovasc Med Cardiovascular Medicine Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children and young adults. It continues to be prevalent in many low- and middle-income countries where it causes significant morbidity and mortality. Following the 2017 Cairo conference “Rheumatic Heart Disease: from Molecules to the Global Community,” experts from 21 countries formulated an approach for addressing the problem of RHD: “The Cairo Accord on Rheumatic Heart Disease.” The Accord attempts to set policy priorities for the eradication of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and RHD and builds on a recent series of policy initiatives and calls to action. We present an update on the recommendations of the Cairo Accord and discuss recent progress toward the eradication of RHD, including contributions from our own Aswan Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry (ARGI). Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8282907/ /pubmed/34277735 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.690227 Text en Copyright © 2021 Kotit, Phillips, Afifi and Yacoub. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Cardiovascular Medicine Kotit, Susy Phillips, David I. W. Afifi, Ahmed Yacoub, Magdi The “Cairo Accord”- Towards the Eradication of RHD: An Update |
title | The “Cairo Accord”- Towards the Eradication of RHD: An Update |
title_full | The “Cairo Accord”- Towards the Eradication of RHD: An Update |
title_fullStr | The “Cairo Accord”- Towards the Eradication of RHD: An Update |
title_full_unstemmed | The “Cairo Accord”- Towards the Eradication of RHD: An Update |
title_short | The “Cairo Accord”- Towards the Eradication of RHD: An Update |
title_sort | “cairo accord”- towards the eradication of rhd: an update |
topic | Cardiovascular Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8282907/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277735 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.690227 |
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