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Improving Wellbeing for Young People Living with Rheumatic Heart Disease: A peer support program through Danila Dilba Health Service

This project seeks to conduct a focus group for young people (aged 11-14) and their parents/family members through the Danila Dilba Health Service (DDHS) in Darwin with the aim of identifying consumer needs and perspectives on next steps and priorities for peer support in RHD.

Interventions to eliminate rheumatic heart disease

Funded by a 5-year NHMRC Investigator grant to implement a strategy to eliminate rheumatic heart disease (RHD) as a public health problem in Australia.

Coalition to Advance Vaccines Against Group A Streptococcus (CANVAS): A Trans-Tasman Initiative Against Rheumatic Fever

CANVAS is a commitment by the Governments of Australia and New Zealand to advance the development of a vaccine against GAS infection, which can cause rheumatic fever.

Developing a human challenge model of GAS infection

NHMRC funding has been awarded for 4 years to Murdoch Childrens Research Institute for this project, with collaboration from Professor Jonathan Carapetis at The Kids.

END RHD

END RHD is an alliance of health, research and community organisations seeking to amplify efforts to end rheumatic heart disease in Australia through advocacy and engagement.

END RHD Community Project - Kimberley (Rheumatic Fever Strategy)

Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services, Nirrumbuk Environmental Health and Services and The Kids Research Institute Australia seek to implement and evaluate a community-led project, funded by the Department of Health, to prevent and manage RHD in a selected high-risk Aboriginal community

END RHD Demonstration Communities

The END RHD Communities approach uses community-led, research-backed prevention strategies to tackle Strep A skin and throat infections, acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

Improving delivery of secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease

Continued progress in controlling RHD requires an understanding of how to improve delivery of regular injections of penicillin - secondary prophylaxis (SP).

Penicillin Levels for Rheumatic Heart Disease Study - WA Urban Cohort

This is a 6 month cohort study involving participants at Princess Margaret Hospital prescribed BPG for secondary prophylaxis of RHD.

RHD Action

RHD Action is the name given to the global movement to reduce the burden of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in vulnerable populations of all ages throughout the world.