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ARF and RHD
Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

The Australian ARF/RHD Guidelines are designed to provide information to assist clinical decision-making within a supportive cultural framework.

Clinical Support Application

A free Guideline and ARF diagnosis calculator app designed to support best practice, point-of-care support for clinicians.

Continuing Professional Development

The free ARF/RHD eLearning platform provides accredited, evidence-based education.

Resources

The Resource Library contains a wide range of information developed for the health workforce and from members of the community.

The Champions4Change motto is ‘inspiring, caring and sharing’. Inspiring others to take charge and make a difference, caring for others with ARF and RHD, and sharing ideas and stories, especially from those who have the experience of living with this disease.

Sore throat

Symptoms to look out for

Sore throat

Sore throat can lead to acute rheumatic fever

Subcutaneous nodules

Symptoms to look out for

Subcutaneous nodules

Round, firm and painless lumps around joints

Skin sores

Symptoms to look out for

Skin sores

Skin sores can let the strep germ into the body

Sore or swollen joints

Symptoms to look out for

Sore or swollen joints

Including knees, ankles, elbows and wrists

Latest news

The latest figures for acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia, a snapshot.

Prepared by Sara Noonan  RHDAustralia acknowledges that the figures presented in this article are not just numbers on the page but... Read on

Clinical Update – Changes to recommended management of borderline RHD in Australia

By Sara Noonan Borderline RHD Borderline RHD is defined as echocardiographic features which are abnormal but do not fulfil criteria for the... Read on

An Australian effort to accelerate a Strep A vaccine candidate into clinical trials in Australia.

By Alma Fulurija, Project Lead for the Australian Strep A Vaccine Initiative (ASAVI). Group A streptococcus (Strep A) is among the... Read on