ABC | Volume 113, Nº3, September 2019

Short Editorial Longenecker Rheumatic fever: what color should it be? Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 113(3):355-356 1. Watkins DA, Johnson CO, Colquhoun SM, Karthikeyan G, Beaton A, Bukhman G, et al. Global, Regional, and National Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease, 1990-2015. N Engl J Med. 2017;377(8):713-22. 2. Figueiredo ET, Azevedo L, Rezende ML, Alves LG. Febre reumática: uma doença sem cor. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 113(3):345-354. 3. Watkins D, Lubinga SJ, Mayosi B, Babigumira JB. A Cost-Effectiveness Tool to Guide the Prioritization of Interventions for Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Control in African Nations. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016;10(8):e0004860. 4. Irlam J, Mayosi BM, Engel M, Gaziano TA. Primary prevention of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart diseasewith penicillin in South African childrenwith pharyngitis: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Circ CardiovascQual Outcomes. 2013;6(3):343-51. 5. Nascimento BR, Brant LCC, Marino BCA, Passaglia LG, Ribeiro ALP. Implementing myocardial infarction systems of care in low/middle-income countries. Heart. 2019;105(1):20-6. 6. Nascimento BR, Beaton AZ, Nunes MCP, Tompsett AR, Oliveira KKB, Diamantino AC, et al. Integration of echocardiographic screening by non-physicians with remote reading in primary care. Heart. 2019;105:283-90. 7. World Health Organization (WHO). 71st World Health Assembly adopts resolution calling for greater action on rheumatic heart disease [Available from: https://www.who.int/ncds/management/rheumatic-heart-disease- resolution/en/. Accessed July 30, 2019. 8. Marijon E, Celermajer DS, Jouven X. Rheumatic Heart Disease - An Iceberg in Tropical Waters. N Engl J Med. 2017;377(8):780-1. References This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License The voice of the RHD community in Brazil and around the world is getting stronger and demanding the attention of public health experts. Breast cancer has Pink October and prostate cancer has Blue November, so what color should be given to a RF/RHD public health campaign in Brazil? Red – to reflect the urgency and severity of the situation? Perhaps it would get confused with HIV/AIDS. Green – to reflect the tropical areas that are so afflicted by the disease worldwide? But this color lacks the sense of urgency required. What about orange, the universal color of warning signs? Ultimately, it is for Brazil to decide, and the global RF/RHD community will be there to support you when you do. 356