A systematic methodology to capture the global pattern of rheumatic heart disease: the Rheumatic Heart Disease Endemicity Index (RHDEI)
The RHDEI provides a much-needed method for capturing global RHD distributions that can improve our understanding of the changing patterns in a data scarce landscape. The evidence the index provides can help researchers, policy makers, and clinicians better understand RHD burden and act to reduce it.
Authors
- Christian Razo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0098-9563)
- Catherine O. Johnson
- George A. Mensah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0387-5326)
- Kate E LeGrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2690-3198)
- Megan Lindstrom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5229-1231)
- David Watkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6341-9595)
- Neema W. Minja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2272-9153)
- Gregory A Roth
- Benjamin Stark
- Nicole DeCleene
Institutions
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (US)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (US)
- Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (TZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Global and Public Health
- Published
- 2025-07-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-025-00179-1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- American Heart Association
- National Institutes of Health