A decentralized delivery program for rheumatic heart disease treatment and prevention in Uganda

Affiliations

¹ Department of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda. dnakagaayi@gmail.com.
² Department of Research, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda.
³ Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.
⁴ Health Department, Kitgum District, Kitgum, Uganda.
⁵ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁶ Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁷ Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
⁹ Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
¹¹ Department of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda.
¹² School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹³ Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
¹⁴ University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

Doreen Nakagaayi et al. Nat Med. 2024 Jan.

. 2024 Jan;30(1):12-13.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02646-4.

¹ Department of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda. dnakagaayi@gmail.com.
² Department of Research, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda.
³ Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.
⁴ Health Department, Kitgum District, Kitgum, Uganda.
⁵ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁶ Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁷ Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
⁹ Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
¹¹ Department of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda.
¹² School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹³ Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
¹⁴ University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

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