Call for preventive care for rheumatic heart disease in refugee children

Affiliations

¹ Médecins Sans Frontières (Operational Centre Brussels), 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
² Médecins Sans Frontières Hong Kong, 22/F Pacific Plaza, 410-418 Des Voeux Road West, Sai Wan, Hong Kong.

Comment

Gabriele Rossi et al. BMJ. 2016.

. 2016 Apr 26:353:i2312.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.i2312.

¹ Médecins Sans Frontières (Operational Centre Brussels), 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
² Médecins Sans Frontières Hong Kong, 22/F Pacific Plaza, 410-418 Des Voeux Road West, Sai Wan, Hong Kong.

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