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Take Heart
05 April 2013
A new Australian made documentary series focusing on RHD globally is set to garner attention.
An Australian film production company Moonshine Movies is in the process of developing a series of documentaries...Western Australia: RHD Team Update
05 April 2013
Educating about RHD in the Kimberley
Over 70 Kimberley nurses who are immunisation providers attended the annual Kimberley immunisation update recently.
Held at the newly opened Broome Civic Centre, the...Queensland: RHD Team Update
05 April 2013
Sign-offs and Restructure
It was a very lengthy process to have the Commonwealth’s proposal to fund the Queensland Program until June 2016 signed off by all required parties. The delay being mainly due to...Northern Territory – RHD Team Update
05 April 2013
On the Move
The RHD NT Control team have been on the move during March. Now co-locating with RHD Australia on the Second Floor of the Centre for Disease Control, the shift was prompted by a need for more...
Protection against RHD through Hygiene
05 April 2013
Broome focuses on promoting good health, through a new campaign that links good hygiene to the prevention Rheumatic Heart Disease.
At the end of March, Health Promotion / Project Officer Rebecca Morgan-...
Bright Sparks
05 April 2013
Health professionals and medical students in Broome share an evening of information, discussion and new perspectives on RHD.
The tropical town of Broome recently had a visit from leading paediatrician and...
Looking for answers on RHD in pregnancy
05 April 2013
The largest ever study of RHD in pregnancy is underway across Australia and New Zealand, with researchers hopeful their investigations create change.
Nearly 300 hospitals across Australia and New Zealand...
A Global Heart-to-Heart
05 April 2013
Murmur explores what lessons were learned from the 6th World Congress Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Cape Town
The mountainous South African city of Cape Town was the setting for the 6th World...
Introducing RHD Australia’s new Deputy Director, Claire Boardman
05 April 2013
Passionate about innovative leadership, education and the eradication of RHD, Murmur meets RHDAustralia’s new Deputy Director, Claire Boardman.
While the fishing may be better in the Torres Strait, for now...
RHD Genetics a 2012 snapshot
17 December 2012
Australia has the highest recorded rates of Rheumatic Heart Disease in the world. But why are some people more susceptible than others?
At around five years of age, Kevin Rudd contracted rheumatic fever....