Preventing Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD)

Health Topics: Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, General Health and Pediatrics

A common and affordable antibiotic, penicillin, is the key to preventing rheumatic heart disease (RHD) from damaging the heart so badly that surgery is the only way to survive. But for it to work, doctors have to find the disease before it takes its deadly toll. Learn more about how early detection and treatment may impact the future for children in Uganda and around the world.