NEWS ‘The Full Moon Dance’ – Guest Blog from Christian James The Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) and Rheumatic Heart Disease (2nd edition) defines secondary prevention of Rheumatic Fever as...
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...
SHORT FILMS RHD Action United to End Rheumatic Heart Disease Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) starts innocently enough, as a mere sore throat or an infected skin sore, but it escalates worryingly quickly. Carlisa, who suffers from RHD, says: “My legs started to...
SHORT FILMS What is Rheumatic Heart Disease? What is Rheumatic Heart Disease? Rheumatic Heart Disease, or RHD, starts in children as an infection from a common sore throat and possibly infected skin sores. And it can end in open heart surgery, stroke, heart...
