News
NT RHD Education Workshop: Registration now open
22 Jun 2016RHDAustralia invites NT health professionals to the Acute Rheumatic Fever & Rheumatic Heart Disease Education Workshop When: 20 &... Read on
$5000 raised for HeartKids SA/NT
01 Jun 2016RHDAustralia were delighted to see HeartKids SA/NT be presented with $5000 to support their work in the Northern Territory. The funds were... Read on
Hear from the experts - video presentations now available
24 May 2016The RHDA evening symposium held in Brisbane in March was an opportunity to hear the latest developments in research, clinical practice and... Read on
New Community and Clinician Resources
18 May 2016Important Health Message: Acute Rheumatic Fever The short video resource "Important Health Message: Acute Rheumatic Fever" is designed to... Read on
Take Heart – New NT screenings
17 May 2016Upcoming screenings: Deckchair Cinema - Take Heart: The quest to rid Australasia of Rheumatic Heart Disease will be showing at Darwin’s... Read on
Determining the burden of RHD
17 May 2016An integral part of the ‘End RHD’ Centre for Research Excellence is to determine the current burden of ARF/RHD, so that we have a baseline... Read on
Defining risk groups for acute rheumatic fever diagnosis
17 May 2016Current definitions Rheumatic heart disease awareness (RHD) is increasing across Australia, particularly to southern and eastern areas of... Read on
Storytelling and Leadership – Highlights of the RHDAustralia Queensland events
16 May 2016Storytelling and leadership were highlighted as key factors to ending rheumatic heart disease in Australia at a series of events held in... Read on
Latest news from the RHD Secondary Prophylaxis Study
21 Apr 2016Welcome to the sixth newsletter from the Improving Secondary Prophylaxis (SP) for Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) research project. In this... Read on
Launch of “Heart on Your Sleeve” Social Media Campaign
10 Mar 2016The “Heart on Your Sleeve” (HOYS) campaign, launched at the end of February is now underway with a flurry of activity in the social media... Read on
Data shows preventable RHD impacting on hospital systems
29 Jan 2016A recent report by the National Health Performance Authority shows the average length of stay for rheumatic heart disease hospitalisations... Read on
Secondary Prophylaxis reminder apps – now in trial phase
29 Jan 2016Two new apps to encourage and remind people on secondary prophylaxis to get their injections are now in trial phase. The RHDAustralia... Read on