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The 5 × 5 Path Toward Rheumatic Heart Disease Control: Outcomes From the Third Rheumatic Heart Disease Forum

Authors
  • Timothy D. Johnson
  • Alice Grainger Gasser
  • Claire Boardman
  • Bo Remenyi
  • Rosemary Wyber
  • Bongani M. Mayosi

Abstract

Highlights

  • A 160 person, 33 country forum was held in Melbourne on global rheumatic heart disease control in May 2014.
  • Five targets were discussed in detail by break-out groups and an expert panel.
  • A roadmap for achieving rheumatic heart disease control was proposed and structured around 5 targets and 5 threads.
Year: 2015
Volume: 10 Issue: 1
Page/Article: 75-78
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2014.12.005
Published on Mar 1, 2015
Peer Reviewed
CC BY 4.0