Environmental factors including household crowding and inadequate washing facilities underpin recurrent streptococcal infections in childhood that cause acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and subsequent rheumatic heart disease (RHD). ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• August 2022

Secondary prevention of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) involves continuous antimicrobial prophylaxis among affected individuals and is recognised as a cornerstone of public health programmes that address these conditions. However, several important scientific issues around the secondary prevention paradigm remain unresolved.  ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• October 2023

Between 1964 and 1996, the 10-year survival of patients having valve replacement surgery for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the Northern Territory, Australia, was 68%. As medical care has evolved since then, this study aimed to determine whether there has been a corresponding improvement in survival. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• March 2023

In endemic areas, RHD has long been a target of screening programmes that, historically, have relied on cardiac auscultation. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2013
• January 2013

This trial aims to improve uptake of secondary prophylaxis among Aboriginal people with ARF/RHD to reduce progression or worsening of RHD. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2016
• January 2016

We outline a series of research initiatives to improve identification of RHD in administrative data thereby contributing to monitoring the RHD burden globally ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• March 2019

The global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) continues to grow. Although developing settings face fastest growth in incidence, no country is exempt. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2015
• June 2015

The prognosis of young Indigenous Australians diagnosed with severe RHD is bleak; interventions must focus on earlier detection and treatment ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• March 2017

The RHD Endgame Strategy: the blueprint to eliminate rheumatic heart disease in Australia by 2031 (the Endgame Strategy) is the blueprint to eliminate rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Australia by 2031. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live with one of the highest per capita burdens of RHD in the world. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• November 2020

Indigenous Australians are much more likely to die from Rheumatic Heart Disease than other Australians. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• July 2017

This study compared regional differences in the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in Indigenous Australian children, and describes the logistical and... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• September 2015

This study was undertaken to provide a comprehensive examination of rheumatic heart disease mortality rates and trends in Indigenous Australians. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• July 2015