Children’s heart disease in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenging the burden of disease
Children with heart disease in Africa have little or no access to treatment of any kind, and cardiac surgical services are virtually absent outside a handful of centres in a few of the wealthier nations. There is little reliable data concerning the prevalence of congenital or acquired heart disease...
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Main Authors: | John Hewitson, Peter P.T. Zilla |
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Format: | article |
Language: | EN |
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South African Heart Association
2017
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/50565c0b64384f41a661635e7977577b |
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