Generating Global Priority for Addressing Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Qualitative Policy Analysis

Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) poses a high burden in low‐income countries, as well as among indigenous and other socioeconomically disadvantaged populations in high‐income countries. Despite its severity and preventability, RHD receives insufficient global attention and resources. We conducted a qualitative policy analysis to investigate the reasons for recent growth but ongoing inadequacy in global priority for addressing RHD....