SHORT FILMS Important Health Message – Acute Rheumatic Fever This is a health warning. Right now, many of our children and young males and females in our community are getting Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease. This is serious. Rheumatic Fever can...
TAKE HEART SMARTPHONE APP TAKE HEART APP AVAILABLE ON APPLE iOS & ANDROID The Take Heart App is designed to help people who require regular secondary prophylaxis (penicillin injections) to protect themselves from rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease....
ABOUT RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE (RHD) 1. Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is a consequence of Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF). 2. The risk of RHD is greater with repeated episodes of ARF. ...
NEWS Take Heart Outreach Begins in Darwin Take Heart hit the big screen at BCC Cinemas in Darwin last Thursday night where over 200 people turned out to support the launch! There weren’t many dry eyes left in the house when the lights came up, as...
NEWS ARF and RHD Guest Blog by Vicki Wade, Cultural Lead, National Heart Foundation, Australia. There are over 15.6 million people worldwide living with Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) and another 1.9 million with a history of Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) that have not...
