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

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the Philips Foundation for providing portable echocardiographic machines for the ADUNU program. This study was funded by the US National Institute of Health (award no. 1R01HL164615-01). Disclaimer: the funders had no role in the study design and writing of the report.

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  1. Department of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda

    Doreen Nakagaayi, Joselyn Rwebembera & Emmy Okello

  2. Department of Research, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda

    Jafesi Pulle, Isaac Otim & Miriam Nakitto

  3. Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

    Oyoo Charles Akiya

  4. Health Department, Kitgum District, Kitgum, Uganda

    Okello Henry Otto

  5. Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Kristen Danforth, Chris T. Longenecker, Kenneth Sherr, Allison Webel & David Watkins

  6. Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Chris T. Longenecker

  7. Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Nicholas Ollberding

  8. Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Nicholas Ollberding

  9. Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    Rachel Sarnacki & Craig Sable

  10. Department of Research, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Samantha Buonfiglio

  11. School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Yanfang Su

  12. Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Andrea Beaton

  13. University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Andrea Beaton

  14. Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    David Watkins

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Nakagaayi, D., Pulle, J., Otim, I. et al. A decentralized delivery program for rheumatic heart disease treatment and prevention in Uganda. Nat Med 30, 12–13 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02646-4

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