Treating Children With Advanced Rheumatic Heart Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: The NGO EMERGENCY's Project at the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Sudan

• Main Authors: Rossella Miccio (Author), Maria Quattrociocchi (Author), Lorenzo Valgoi (Author), Liliane Chatenoud (Author), Salvatore Lentini (Author), Elena Giovanella (Author), Luca Rolla (Author), Nicoletta Erba (Author), Sofia Gatti (Author), Daniela Rocchi (Author), Manahel Badr Saad (Author), Alessandro Salvati (Author), Martin Langer (Author), Gina Portella (Author), Gino Strada (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Rheumatic heart disease is endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa and while efforts are under way to boost prophylaxis and early diagnosis, access to cardiac surgery is rarely affordable. In this article, we report on a humanitarian project by the NGO EMERGENCY, to build and run the Salam Centre for Cardiac...