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Reach: Our Mission and Vision for 2019-2020

Reach is excited to release our Strategic Plan 2019-2020 outlining our new mission and vision statements, together with our strategic priority areas and objectives looking ahead to 2020. The Strategic Plan unambiguously outlines our aim to be the global technical lead in rheumatic heart disease prevention and control.

October 3, 2019

Momentum Builds to Tackle RHD in the Philippines

Reach was in Manila last month working with Filipino country partners to commence an RHD Rapid Situation Assessment. Reach is working in partnership with the Philippines Foundation for the Prevention of RF/RHD, an affiliated organisation of the Philippines Heart Center and the Philippine Heart Association Council on RF/RHD.

August 20, 2019

Strengthening RHD care through education access and support in Iloilo Province, Philippines

Adhering to monthly BPG injections over many years can be challenging. Travel to health clinics can be time consuming and costly – even when injections are subsidised or free. If a patient is feeling physically well, or they are feeling anxious about an upcoming injection, they may be tempted to skip or discontinue treatment altogether.

Implementation of our Rapid Situation Assessment Tool

Reach has been collaborating with partners across Asia, Europe and the Pacific to conduct baseline exercises using an in-house resource called a Rapid Situation Assessment (RSA) Tool. For partners, this process has represented their inaugural assessment of rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) at national and sub-national levels.

Strengthening RHD care through education access and support in Iloilo Province, Philippines

Primary School Health Education Campaign Reaches Over 6,000 Pupils in Tanzania

Global advocacy to promote health and saves lives leads to high-impact NCD ‘Best Buys’ changes

Reach launch Strategic Plan 2025-2026

Implementation of our Rapid Situation Assessment Tool

Advancing RF/RHD Prevention and Control in the Philippines: A Focus on Policy

Support Recognition and Management of Rheumatic Fever in Primary Health Care Settings

Philippines Screening Pilot Project

Supporting Early Detection and Standardised Patient Management of RHD in Indonesia

Momentum Builds to Tackle RHD in the Philippines

Reach: Our Mission and Vision for 2019-2020

Our Patient and Community Education Flipcharts

Reach Team Visits Montes Claros, Brazil

Inaugural Meeting of the WHO EMRO Regional Expert Network on Rheumatic Heart Disease

A Message for Our Community on COVID-19

Opportunity: ADD-RHD Global Health Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Reach Partners with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital on RHD Secondary Prevention Research Project

The Lancet Commission on Reframing NCDs and Injuries for the Poorest Billion: Relevance to RHD

Tackling Cardiovascular Diseases in the Young

Paving the Way to Ending Rheumatic Heart Disease: From Policy to People

WHO EMRO Shares Animation Calling on Policy-Makers and Donors to Prioritise RHD

Seed Funding Opportunity

Expansion of our Patient and Community Education Flipcharts in Brazil During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Second Edition of RHD Pulse Released

Community Awareness Flipchart Training Workshops in Tanzania

Third Edition of RHD Pulse Released

Reach Visits Brazil, August 2022

The Community Awareness Flipchart in Uganda

Reach at the Every Heartbeat Matters Summit, April 2023

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