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Working with communities to end rheumatic heart disease

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February 03, 2021 - 12:50pm

Did you know that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) at rates 60 times higher than non-Indigenous Australians? RHD is permanent heart damage, resulting from a throat or skin infection caused by Group A...
The fight against rheumatic heart disease continues into the new decade

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March 02, 2020 - 13:25pm

Health experts from across Australia and New Zealand have teamed up with cultural advisors to address what they say is the greatest cardiovascular inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Rheumatic heart disease discussed at national conference

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November 22, 2019 - 02:00am

Menzies School of Health Research senior research fellow Josh Francis said there was positive news when it came to RHD “in the sense that there’s a really good plan coming together”.
Heartfelt song beats back infection

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July 16, 2019 - 15:00pm

The song debuted at the Barunga Festival, after a collaboration between Skinnyfish Music, the Bupa Health Foundation, Telethon Kids and the Menzies School of Health Research.
Catchy new song could save thousands of children from deadly RHD

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July 12, 2019 - 14:00pm

Indigenous children in Barunga have put together a catchy song in the hope it will save others from a crippling disease killing thousands.
Community engagement fundamental for effective delivery of care

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July 23, 2018 - 09:00am

A research project in the Northern Territory (NT) is looking to minimise the transmission of Group A Streptococcus (GAS or ‘strep’) – the bacteria responsible for acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD).
Community collaboration ensures ending RHD is everybody’s business

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June 22, 2018 - 14:47pm

Collaboration is the driving force behind ‘END RHD Demonstration Communities’ – a new community-driven, research-backed approach to tackling rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in remote Australia.

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