Penicillin clinic; a model program for prevention of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Pakistan

Rheumatic Fever/Rheumatic Heart Disease [RF/RHD] is the most common cardiovascular disease in children and young adults and remains a major health problem in developing countries. Currently, it affects an estimated 15.6 million people world-wide. Recent data from Pakistan has shown a very high prevalence of RHD in both urban and rural population. In a large cross-sectional survey conducted on more than 25,000 urban school children from inner Lahore, has estimated prevalence of 22/1000