Rheumatic heart disease in Africa: The Mosi-o-Tunya call to action

Bongani M. Mayosi; Habib Gamra; Jean Marie Dangou; Joseph Kasonde; Azza Abul-Fadl; Moshood A. Adeoye; Maxmillian Bweupe; Yamikani Chimalizeni; Kaseya Chiyenu; Albertino Damasceno; Yadeta Dejuma; Anastase Dzudie; Ahmed ElSayed; Mark Engel; Robert Fubisha; Bernard Gitura; Gloria Habanyana; Christopher Hugo-Hamman; Lorrita Kabwe; Svetlana Kalinichenko; Chipepo Kankasa; Aidan Long; Joyce C. Lungu; Pauline Mbangweta; Rhoda Mkandawire; Phindile Mntla; Ana Olga Mocumbi; Charles Mondo; Namani Monze; Agnes Mtaja; Joseph Mucumbitsi; John Musuku; Jonathan Ncheengamvu; Okechukwu S. Ogah; Elijah Ogola; Dike B. Ojji; Samuel I. Omokhodion; Sam Phiri; Mahmoud U. Sani; Sahar Sheta; Liesl Zuhlke

doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70234-7

Rheumatic heart disease in Africa: The Mosi-o-Tunya call to action

Bongani M. Mayosi, Habib Gamra, Jean Marie Dangou, Joseph Kasonde, Azza Abul-Fadl, Moshood A. Adeoye, Maxmillian Bweupe, Yamikani Chimalizeni, Kaseya Chiyenu, Albertino Damasceno, Yadeta Dejuma, Anastase Dzudie, Ahmed ElSayed, Mark Engel, Robert Fubisha, Bernard Gitura, Gloria Habanyana, Christopher Hugo-Hamman, Lorrita Kabwe, Svetlana KalinichenkoChipepo Kankasa, Aidan Long, Joyce C. Lungu, Pauline Mbangweta, Rhoda Mkandawire, Phindile Mntla, Ana Olga Mocumbi, Charles Mondo, Namani Monze, Agnes Mtaja, Joseph Mucumbitsi, John Musuku, Jonathan Ncheengamvu, Okechukwu S. Ogah, Elijah Ogola, Dike B. Ojji, Samuel I. Omokhodion, Sam Phiri, Mahmoud U. Sani, Sahar Sheta, Liesl Zuhlke

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e438-e439
Journal	The Lancet Global Health
Volume	2
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70234-7
Publication status	Published - Aug 2014

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Mayosi, B. M., Gamra, H., Dangou, J. M., Kasonde, J., Abul-Fadl, A., Adeoye, M. A., Bweupe, M., Chimalizeni, Y., Chiyenu, K., Damasceno, A., Dejuma, Y., Dzudie, A., ElSayed, A., Engel, M., Fubisha, R., Gitura, B., Habanyana, G., Hugo-Hamman, C., Kabwe, L., ... Zuhlke, L. (2014). Rheumatic heart disease in Africa: The Mosi-o-Tunya call to action. The Lancet Global Health, 2(8), e438-e439. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70234-7

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AU - Mayosi, Bongani M.

AU - Gamra, Habib

AU - Dangou, Jean Marie

AU - Kasonde, Joseph

AU - Abul-Fadl, Azza

AU - Adeoye, Moshood A.

AU - Bweupe, Maxmillian

AU - Chimalizeni, Yamikani

AU - Chiyenu, Kaseya

AU - Damasceno, Albertino

AU - Dejuma, Yadeta

AU - Dzudie, Anastase

AU - ElSayed, Ahmed

AU - Engel, Mark

AU - Fubisha, Robert

AU - Gitura, Bernard

AU - Habanyana, Gloria

AU - Hugo-Hamman, Christopher

AU - Kabwe, Lorrita

AU - Kalinichenko, Svetlana

AU - Kankasa, Chipepo

AU - Long, Aidan

AU - Lungu, Joyce C.

AU - Mbangweta, Pauline

AU - Mkandawire, Rhoda

AU - Mntla, Phindile

AU - Olga Mocumbi, Ana

AU - Mondo, Charles

AU - Monze, Namani

AU - Mtaja, Agnes

AU - Mucumbitsi, Joseph

AU - Musuku, John

AU - Ncheengamvu, Jonathan

AU - Ogah, Okechukwu S.

AU - Ogola, Elijah

AU - Ojji, Dike B.

AU - Omokhodion, Samuel I.

AU - Phiri, Sam

AU - Sani, Mahmoud U.

AU - Sheta, Sahar

AU - Zuhlke, Liesl

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