title: Health policy: Reducing rheumatic heart disease in Africa -- time for action.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Children's National Health System, The George Washington University School of Medicine, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW Washington, District of Columbia 20010, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beaton
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Children's National Health System, The George Washington University School of Medicine, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW Washington, District of Columbia 20010, USA.
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sable
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D015995:Prevalence; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine