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Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: Facts and research progress in Africa. Int J Cardiol 2019; 295:48-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.07.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Abouzeid M, Wyber R, La Vincente S, Sliwa K, Zühlke L, Mayosi B, Carapetis J. Time to tackle rheumatic heart disease: Data needed to drive global policy dialogues. Glob Public Health 2018; 14:1-13. [PMID: 30192707 DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2018.1515970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/28/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is an avoidable disease of poverty that persists predominantly in low resource settings and among Indigenous and other high-risk populations in some high-income nations. Following a period of relative global policy inertia on RHD, recent years have seen a resurgence of research, policy and civil society activity to tackle RHD; this has culminated in growing momentum at the highest levels of global health diplomacy to definitively address this disease of disadvantage. RHD is inextricably entangled with the global development agenda, and effective RHD action requires concerted efforts both within and beyond the health policy sphere. This report provides an update on the contemporary global and regional policy landscapes relevant to RHD, and highlights the fundamental importance of good data to inform these policy dialogues, monitor systems responses and ensure that no one is left behind.
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Affiliation(s)
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- a Telethon Kids Institute , Perth , Australia
- b The George Institute , Sydney , Australia
- c Reach , Geneva , Switzerland
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- a Telethon Kids Institute , Perth , Australia
- c Reach , Geneva , Switzerland
- d Department of Paediatrics , University of Melbourne , Melbourne , Australia
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- e Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa
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- c Reach , Geneva , Switzerland
- f Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics Red Cross Children's Hospital , University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa
- g Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Groote Schuur Hospital , University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa
- h Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa
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- i Dean's Office and Department of Medicine , Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa
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- a Telethon Kids Institute , Perth , Australia
- c Reach , Geneva , Switzerland
- j Princess Margaret Hospital for Children , Perth , Australia
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Carapetis JR, Beaton A, Cunningham MW, Guilherme L, Karthikeyan G, Mayosi BM, Sable C, Steer A, Wilson N, Wyber R, Zühlke L. Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2016; 2:15084. [PMID: 27188830 PMCID: PMC5810582 DOI: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 304] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is the result of an autoimmune response to pharyngitis caused by infection with group A Streptococcus. The long-term damage to cardiac valves caused by ARF, which can result from a single severe episode or from multiple recurrent episodes of the illness, is known as rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and is a notable cause of morbidity and mortality in resource-poor settings around the world. Although our understanding of disease pathogenesis has advanced in recent years, this has not led to dramatic improvements in diagnostic approaches, which are still reliant on clinical features using the Jones Criteria, or treatment practices. Indeed, penicillin has been the mainstay of treatment for decades and there is no other treatment that has been proven to alter the likelihood or the severity of RHD after an episode of ARF. Recent advances - including the use of echocardiographic diagnosis in those with ARF and in screening for early detection of RHD, progress in developing group A streptococcal vaccines and an increased focus on the lived experience of those with RHD and the need to improve quality of life - give cause for optimism that progress will be made in coming years against this neglected disease that affects populations around the world, but is a particular issue for those living in poverty.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jonathan R Carapetis
- Telethon Kids Institute, the University of Western Australia, PO Box 855, West Perth, Western Australia 6872, Australia
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Children's National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Biomedical Research Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo, School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
- Institute for Immunology Investigation, National Institute for Science and Technology, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Children's National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Department of Paediatrics, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Starship Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Telethon Kids Institute, the University of Western Australia, PO Box 855, West Perth, Western Australia 6872, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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