After being diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease at ten, Elizabeth had to leave country and her family for a large chunk of her childhood so she could be treated in Adelaide. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Early Environment
• END RHD Program
• News & Events
• 2018
• December

When Liana complained of a sore foot and showed signs of a fever, her mum Margie rushed her to hospital. An X-ray of her foot revealed no obvious injury, so she was sent home and advised to take painkillers. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Early Environment
• END RHD Program
• News & Events
• 2018
• December

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. ...

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• 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. ...

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• 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. ...

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• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2020
• September