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Cardiac Surgery to Manage Rheumatic Heart Disease in Africa Is Complex — a Geographic Perspective Cover

Cardiac Surgery to Manage Rheumatic Heart Disease in Africa Is Complex — a Geographic Perspective

Open Access
|Feb 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Populations served by the 74 cardiac surgical catchment areas across Africa.

Figure 2

Average distance a patient in each catchment area would travel to see a cardiac surgeon, weighted by population.

Figure 3

ICCR for each of the 74 cardiac surgical catchment areas across Africa.

Figure 4

Choropleth map depicting incident cases of RHD across the subnational regions of Africa.

Figure 5

Choropleth map of cardiac surgical need due to RHD across the subnational regions of Africa with linkages to the nearest cardiac surgeon.

Figure 6

Map of distribution of HDI of the subnational regions across Africa.

Figure 7

Choropleth map of RHD surgical need across Africa incorporating regional HDI.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1394 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 26, 2024
Accepted on: Jan 15, 2025
Published on: Feb 3, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Jordan Leith, Kevin R. An, Lamia Harik, William Zhu, Michele Dell’Aquila, Taylor Brashear, Robert N. Peck, Castigliano M. Bhamidipati, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.