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Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day Campaign Celebrates Fifth Anniversary with Focus on Health Disparities
Advocates Continue to Drive Forward Heart Valve Disease Awareness, While Highlighting the Inequities in Risk Factors, Diagnosis, and Treatment Faced by Black Americans
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/  On Monday, February 22, more than 90 national organizations and thousands of patient advocates will recognize the fifth anniversary of the annual HVD Awareness Day ( Valve Disease Day ) and the importance of addressing the disproportionate impact heart valve disease (HVD) has on America s Black communities. Valve Disease Day, an awareness day officially acknowledged by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was established in 2017 by the Alliance for Aging Research ( Alliance ) to spotlight the importance of detecting and treating HVD. Many Valve Disease Day awareness efforts this year ....

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