News - Take Heart

Acute Rheumatic Fever research – trying to learn what it’s like for people with this condition

NEWS Guest Blog by Alice Mitchell, PhD Scholar, RHD Secondary Prophylaxis The last two years have been a special opportunity of visiting young Aboriginal people with acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in remote communities in the NT. It’s been especially good to visit some...

Why WE made this movie

NEWS Guest Blog by Director, Mike Hill - Moonshine Movies Making films is a team sport and Take Heart is no exception. The impetus for the project came from Dr Lyn Roberts AO while she was the leading the National Heart Foundation of Australia. Lyn was familiar...

Stan Grant wins Walkley award for Guardian columns on Indigenous affairs

NEWS The television broadcaster and writer was singled out for praise by the judges for his ‘game-changing’ column about the AFL star Adam Goodes. Guardian Australia columnist Stan Grant has won the 2015 Walkley award for coverage of Indigenous affairs. The television...

RECORDING – TAKE HEART ORIGINAL SCORE

NEWS In an epic recording session Composer Adam Starr and Didgeridoo Virtuoso Mark Atkins have laid down an incredible original score for Take Heart: The Quest to Rid Australasia of Rheumatic Heart Disease. Mark traveled down from his hometown outside Tamworth to...

UNITED NATIONS – TAKE HEART TO BE SCREENED

NEWS Moonshine Movies and the World Heart Federation have recently collaborated on a short film as part of the Take Heart series which will be shown at the United Nations in New York on World Heart Day (29 September 2015). This is a wonderful opportunity, as the...

STAN GRANT NARRATES TAKE HEART

NEWS In another leap forward for the Take Heart project, acclaimed Indigenous Australian journalist and anchor Mr Stan Grant recorded the narration for a film that aims to change the way the majority of Australians and New Zealanders currently think about...

TAKE HEART NEW ZEALAND

NEWS Part One of the Take Heart project has officially expanded its scope to include New Zealand. Thanks to the support of the NZ Ministry of Health and Cure Kids, Take Heart has now captured stories in South Auckland and the Northland. Thanks to all the participants...

Take Heart is Go!

NEWS In a flurry of activity, Take Heart has attached a series of sponsors which means the project is now officially green-lit. Take Heart is a global media communications initiative designed to put Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) on the global media and public health...

Take Heart Public Service Announcement On TV

NEWS Courtesy of Emmanuelle Clarke, Menzies School of Health Research The ‘Take Heart Public Health Service Announcement: Maningrida' will be aired in full (4:28 minutes) for free on Indigenous Community Television (ICTV) tomorrow at 01:24 (CST). It will be then aired...

Maningrida Public Service Announcement

NEWS On a recent filming trip to Darwin and the Tiwi Islands we worked closely with Dr Bo Remenyi of NT Cardiac and Alice Mitchell of the Menzies School of Health Research to create a public service announcement for the indigenous community to Maningrida in the...

Official Launch of Take Heart

NEWS We're delighted to announce that the official launch of Take Heart: The Quest to Rid the World of Rheumatic Heart Disease will take place at the Opening Ceremony of the World Cardiology Congress in Melbourne during early May before thousands of delegates from...

Take Heart Together We Are Stronger

NEWS It is with great delight that we announce the Cardiac Society for Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) has officially joined the National Heart Foundation of Australia and the World Heart federation as major sponsors of Take Heart. Production has continued in both...