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Rheumatic Heart Disease

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million people suffer from rheumatic heart disease (RHD), with an additional 47 million living with asymptomatic damage to their heart valves, as a result of earlier acute rheumatic fever. RHD is the most commonly acquired heart disease for people under 25 years old and over 1.2 Although largely preventable, 33.4