From: Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in Zambian school children
Year reported | Country (location) | Population studied | Methodology | RHD prevalence |
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1996 | Kenya (Eldoret) [49] | 1150 school children in grades 1–8 in two schools | Colour-flow echocardiography and a portable generator using investigator-defined criteria | Definite 0.3% |
2007 | Mozambique (Maputo) [30] | 2170 randomly selected children aged 6–17 years in six schools | Portable echocardiography at schools using investigator-defined criteria | 3% |
2012 | Uganda (Kampala) [29] | 4869 children aged 5–16 years in six randomly selected schools | Portable echocardiography at schools using 2006 WHO/NIH criteria | Possible 1%; probable 0.4%; definite 0.2% |
2014 | Eritrea (multiple cities) [50] | 684 adolescents aged 13–24 randomly selected from nine schools | Portable echocardiography at schools using investigator-defined criteria | Suspected 3.3%; definite 4% |
2015 | Senegal (Dakar) [36] | 2019 children aged 5–18 years in 16 schools | Portable echocardiography at schools using WHF criteria | Borderline 1.1%; definite 0.05% |
2015 | Ethiopia (Jimma) [8] | 2000 children aged 4–24 years from randomly selected schools | Echocardiography at a university-affiliated field research center using WHF criteria | Borderline 1.4%; definite 1.7% |
2015 | South Africa (Cape Town) [8] | 2720 children aged 4–24 years in randomly selected schools | Portable echocardiography in a mobile clinic using WHF criteria | Borderline 1.5%; definite 0.5% |
2015 | South Africa (Free State and Northern Cape) [51] | 1015 children aged 14–22 years in grades 10–12 | Portable echocardiography at schools using investigator-defined criteria | Definite 0.5% |
2016 | Malawi (Lilongwe) [7] | 1450 children aged 5–16 years in three schools and surrounding communities | Portable echocardiography at schools and in surrounding communities using WHF criteria | Borderline 2.7%; definite 0.7% |
2016 | Uganda (Kampala) [52] | 488 HIV-infected children aged 5–18 years from an outpatient clinic | Echocardiography at medical centers using WHF criteria | Borderline 0.4%; definite 0.4% |
2016 | Ethiopia (6 cities) [6] | 3238 children aged 6–18 years in 28 randomly selected schools | Portable echocardiography at schools using WHF criteria | Borderline 0.5%; definite 1.4% |
2017 | Rwanda (Gasabo district) [53] | 2501 children aged 6–16 years in 10 schools | Portable echocardiography at schools using WHF criteria | Borderline 0.5%; definite 0.2% |