The Drakensberg declaration on the control of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 3 II, 2006, Pages 246-

  Mayosi, Bongani ^a   Robertson, Kate ^b   Volmink, Jimmy ^a   Adebo, Wole ^c   Akinyore, Kingsley ^d   Amoah, Albert ^e   Bannerman, Charles ^f   Biesman Simons, Shan ^g   Carpetis, Jonathan ^h   Cilliers, Antoinette ⁱ   Commerford, Patrick ^a   Croasdale, Anne ^f   Damasceno, Albertino ^j   Dean, Jenny ^k   Dean, Michael ^k   de Souza, Robert ^g   Filipe, Antonio ^l   Hugo Hamman, Chris ^m   Jurgens Clur, Sally Ann ⁿ   Kombila Koumba, Pierre ^o   Kotzenberg, Christelle ^f   Lawrenson, John ^a   Manga, Pravin ⁱ   Matenga, Jonathan ^p   Mathivha, Tshimbi ^q   Mntla, Phindile ^r   Mocumbi, Ana ^j   Mokone, Tiny ^r   Ogola, Elijah ^s   Omokhodion, Samuel ^c   Palweni, Chapman ^r   Pearce, Adrian ^t   Salo, Avril ^g   Thomas, Baby ^u   Walker, Kathie ^a   Wiysonge, Charles ^a   Zaher, Salah ^v   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d Nigerian Heart Foundation   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^f Heart Foundation of South Africa ^*  (South Africa)

^g Heart and Stroke Foundation of Southern Africa   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^j EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^k Greenacres Hospital   (South Africa)

^l WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^m Cape Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit   (South Africa)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^o University of Libreville   (Zimbabwe)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^q UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^r SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^s UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^t UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^u Walter Sisulu University   (Egypt)

^v ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROWDING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ERADICATION THERAPY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33645315202     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (1)

1. World Health Organization. Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Report of a WHO Expert Consultation, Geneva, 29 October - 1 November 2001. http://www.who.int/cardiovascular_diseases/resources/trs923/en/ (last accessed 15 November 2005).