The National Department of Health South Africa declared the first week of August Rheumatic Fever Week more than twenty-five years ago, bringing long overdue recognition to this preventable condition which disproportionately affects women and children in lower income countries such as Uganda and middle-income countries, such as South Africa. This year, Rheumatic Fever Week is being observed from 1st  through to 7th  August with the intention of raising awareness of the harm that rheumatic fever can cause. For more on this, we Prof Liesl Zühlke, Paediatric Cardiologist and Director of the Children's Heart Disease Research unit, spoke to Lebogang Mabange on the line...

<p>The National Department of Health South Africa declared the first week of August Rheumatic Fever Week more than twenty-five years ago, bringing long overdue recognition to this preventable condition which disproportionately affects women and children in lower income countries such as Uganda and middle-income countries, such as South Africa. This year, Rheumatic Fever Week is being observed from 1st  through to 7th  August with the intention of raising awareness of the harm that rheumatic fever can cause. For more on this, we Prof Liesl Zühlke, Paediatric Cardiologist and Director of the Children's Heart Disease Research unit, spoke to Lebogang Mabange on the line...</p>

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