The Cape Town Declaration highlights the urgent need for global collaboration to improve access to cardiac surgery for rheumatic heart disease in developing countries.
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Urges expanded cardiac surgery access for RHD in endemic regions now; extends global equity frameworks for neglected cardiovascular diseases.
Mission: to urge all relevant entities within the international cardiac surgery, industry and government sectors to commit to develop and implement an effective strategy to address the scourge of rheumatic heart disease in the developing world through increased access to life-saving cardiac surgery.
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Zilla et al. (2018) studied this question. The Cape Town Declaration calls on international sectors to implement effective strategies addressing rheumatic heart disease in the developing world through increased access to cardiac surgery.
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