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Healthcare across national borders
Josh Francis
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Low income countries have a 20% Covid vaccination rate. Image
1. Rheumatic heart disease training
2. Measles research impacts
3. Dengue public health response

Research is not about publishing a paper in a year or ticking a box for your institution. This is using research to inform health departments and make an impact.
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Today marks the start of #WHA75!

This week, @WHO, Ministries of Health, civil society, & more will discuss #GlobalHealth priorities.

Missing on agenda? #GlobalSurgery & 🫀 care.

Hence, I'll be sharing key points, papers, & developments in #GlobalCardiacSurgery in 75 tweets 👇 Image
(1/75) To start, what *is* #GlobalCardiacSurgery?

GCS extends far beyond OR, from community-based disease detection & efficient referral networks to timely care, long-term follow-up, robust supply chains & adequate financial risk protection. #WHA75

Read: academic.oup.com/ejcts/article/… Image
(2/75) Why does #GlobalCardiacSurgery matter?

⚠️ Every year, 18 million people die from #CVD

🫀 500 million live with CVD; 100s of millions more to come.

🏥 Up to 1/3 will require #CTSurgery or interventional care in lifetime

Data @IHME_UW: healthdata.org/results/data-v…

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Thrilled and delighted to be a part of the GOAL trial team – published in @NEJM this week.
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
What is the GOAL trial and what does it mean? A thread.
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GOAL stands for GwokO Adunu pa Lutino meaning “Protect the Heart of a Child.” ❤️🩺🚸
This trial tested a new strategy to prevent premature death and disability from Rheumatic Heart Disease #RHD 2/ Image
RHD causes >300,000 annual deaths & enormous morbidity, esp in LMIC countries, Indigenous and disadvantaged communities. Many are children or young adults in their prime. Most present with advanced disease, so little opportunity for intervention. 3/
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
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