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Reach: our mission and vision for 2019-2020

Oct 03, 2019

Reach: our mission and vision for 2019-2020

Cover page of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease flipchart (in Portuguese)

Sep 04, 2019

Partnership sees RHD patient education tools developed and piloted in Brazil

The team visiting a primary health care centre to talk about RHD prevention and management activities

Aug 20, 2019

Momentum Builds to Tackle RHD in the Philippines

Participants attending the “WHO PEN and Integrated Outpatient Care for Severe, Chronic NCDs at First Referral Hospitals in the African Region (PEN-Plus)” meeting in Kigali, Rwanda represented 17 member states, as well as WHO HQ, WHO AFRO, Partners In Health, Harvard Medical School, Reach & various regional & disease-specific partners. (Photo credit: Maia Olsen/Partners In Health)

Aug 15, 2019

Reach contribute to WHO AFRO Regional Consultation on draft strategy to address NCDs (PEN-Plus)

Credit: UN Photo / Tobin Jones

Jun 20, 2019

World Refugee Day 2019: Reach revise brief on RHD and migrant and refugee health

Reach at Women Deliver in Vancouver

May 28, 2019

Reach at Women Deliver in Vancouver

Dr Joshua Francis accepts the Medical Journal of Australia / MDA National Prize for Excellence in Medical Research at the Australian Medical Association National Conference

May 24, 2019

RHD in Timor-Leste paper wins MJA MDA National Prize for Excellence in Medical Research

Reach Community Advisory Network

May 17, 2019

Meet our Community Advisory Network of Patients Living with RHD and Frontline Health Workers

Experts meet in Cairo for technical consultation on Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease

Mar 01, 2019

Experts gather in Cairo to support country action on RF/RHD in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

© Aude Van Ryn at Heart Agency for Mosaic

Feb 18, 2019

Strep A bacteria kill half a million a year. Why don’t we have a vaccine?

Symptoms of rheumatic fever usually begin two or three weeks after a Strep A infection. Credit: UN Photo / Albert Gonzalez Farran

Feb 06, 2019

Funding for rheumatic fever research falling behind other neglected diseases

(L-R) Ms Susan, Perkins, Ms Nina Tuyor, Dr Buthaina Bin Belaila, Ms Seba O. Alkawaldeh, Dr Ibtihal Fadhil

Dec 20, 2018

Reach participates in NCD Café at WCC Dubai