Challenges for the Implementation of the First Large-Scale Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening Program in Brazil: The PROVAR Study Experience
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Challenges for the Implementation of the First Large-Scale Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening Program in Brazil: The PROVAR Study Experience Julia Pereira Afonso dos Santos,1 Gabriel Assis Lopes do Carmo,1 Andrea Zawacki Beaton,2 Tainá Vitti Lourenço,1 Adriana Costa Diamantino,1 Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes,1 Craig Sable,2 Bruno Ramos Nascimento1 Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais,1MG – Brazil; Childrens National Health System,2 Washington – EUA
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