Health system and patient-level factors serving as facilitators and barriers to rheumatic heart disease care in Sudan

Health system and patient-level factors serving as facilitators and barriers to rheumatic heart disease care in Sudan

Abstract Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa despite widely available preventive therapies such as prophylactic benzathine penicillin G (BPG). In this study, we sought to characterize facilitators and barriers to optimal R...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey G. Edwards, Michele Barry, Dary Essam, Mohammed Elsayed, Mohamed Abdulkarim, Basamat M. A. Elhossein, Zahia H. A. Mohammed, Abdelmunim Elnogomi, Amna S. E. Elfaki, Ahmed Elsayed, Andrew Y. Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:Global Health Research and Policy
Subjects:
Rheumatic heart disease
Health services research
Global health
Risk factors
Barriers and facilitators to care
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-021-00222-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-021-00222-2

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