Where a Sore Throat Becomes a Death Sentence

December 21, 2018 by Denise Grady

Photo from the original New York Times article.

Originally published in The New York Times on September 16, 2018 titled "Where a Sore Throat Becomes a Death Sentence."  

Once a year, doctors travel to Rwanda to perform lifesaving surgery on people with damaged heart valves — a disease caused by untreated strep throat.  Read full story at New York Times