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EDITORIAL

Health Systems Strengthening to Tackle the Global Burden of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: A Diagonal Approach

Dominique Vervoort^1,2,3,*, Amy Verstappen³, Sreehari Madhavankutty Nair⁴, Chong Chin Eu⁵, Bistra Zheleva^3,6

1 Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2 Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
3 Global Alliance for Rheumatic and Congenital Hearts, Philadelphia, USA
4 Department of Health Services, Government of Kerala, Kerala, India
5 Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia
6 Children’s HeartLink, Minneapolis, USA

* Corresponding Author: Dominique Vervoort. Email: