Victoria RHD Control Initiatives
Expert clinicians in Victoria are motivated to identify people with acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and provide education and support to people living with ARF and RHD and their famililes and primary care clinicians. Diagnostic and management advice is available to primary care clinicians as required. For more information about RHD control initiatives in Victoria, to report a case of ARF or RHD, or for clinical advice, contact:
- For children: Dr Daniel Engelman, Paediatrician, Royal Children's Hospital at daniel.engelman@rch.org.au (primary contact for RHD control initiatives)
- For adults: Dr Ben Costello at ben.costello@wh.org.au
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Last updated
15 December 2022