Building on the foundation of the first RHD forum, over 150 interested participants met to discuss critical issues on the RHD landscape. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• September 2013

We review GAS transmission characteristics and prevention strategies, historical and geographical trends and report on the estimated global burden disease... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• January 2013

In Australia, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is almost exclusively restricted to Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander people with children being... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• November 2012

Globally, ARF and RHD cause more than a quarter of a million deaths and substantial disability each year. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• August 2012

A team led by Dr Joseph Kado from the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, based at Telethon Kids Institute, and The University of Western Australia (UWA) has been awarded $5 million by the Federal Government in a major push to prevent rheumatic heart disease across the Pacific. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2024
• June

There are calls for a significant and urgent injection of $40 million in funding to tackle Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) following Monday night’s Four Corners episode. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2022
• March

Children at risk of potentially life-threatening Strep A infections no longer have to wait five days for timely treatment, thanks to a Telethon Kids Institute study conducted in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2020
• September

The Kimberley has the highest rates of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Western Australia – but through the establishment of a new community-led, research-backed project known as END RHD Communities, there’s hope this will change. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2018
• October

In a WA first, researchers from Telethon Kids Institute have shown that Aboriginal babies are 22.5 times more likely to be treated for skin infections than non-Aboriginal babies. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2017
• December

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