An accredited professional development program for health professionals.

An accredited professional development program for health professionals.

Join the Ninja Nerd Medicine lecture on Rheumatic fever where they have a discussion on the pathophysiology and diagnostic workup involved in rheumatic fever along with the most common types of causes of rheumatic fever!

How can I look after my house to keep my family healthy? Developed by community workers and Champions4Change, this flipchart is designed as a tool to encourage conversations about keeping homes clean, using locally available products. It can be printed at point of use and left with community members as a reminder.

This video is designed for health care workers who require an introductory knowledge of the prevention of ARF and RHD and is the first video in the 'Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease' e-learning module.

More information is available in the 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, 3rd edition, particularly the Primordial and Primary Prevention chapters.

The learning objectives are to:

Health is the state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, not just the absence of disease or infirmity. And good health is something we strive to achieve, not just individually but also as a community. But if we look around us - our family, friends and others - we know that health is very variable. Why are they so variable?

This video is designed for health care workers who require an introductory knowledge of the prevention of ARF and RHD and is the final video in the 'Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease' e-learning module.

How do you know when a sore throat should be treated with antibiotics? The learning objectives of this module are to:

This poster and video have been developed to provide an overview of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease for people working in schools. School staff are well placed to assist children aged 5-14 years, their families and communities to prevent and manage these conditions.

Untreated sore throats and skin sores can lead to acute rheumatic fever, then to rheumatic heart disease, then to open heart surgery in high-risk children. Preventing sore throats and skin sores, and careful management of acute rheumatic fever prevents rheumatic heart disease.

Training tool: Australian recommendations for the antibiotic treatment of sore throats in people at risk of ARF. 

Training tool: Australian recommendations for the antibiotic treatment of skin sores in people at risk of ARF.