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Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services tackling RHD in Yarrabah and beyond with creative new programs
In 2026, Gold Coast public health worker Renee Grosso is proving the most powerf...
Phoebe Blogg 25 Mar 2026
$11.4 million remote laundry initiative aims to improve health in First Nations communities
Eligible organisations are being invited to apply for federal funding to establi...
Dechlan Brennan 25 Nov 2025
Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT raises alarm over critical Bicillin shortage
The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory says it is "deeply c...
Giovanni Torre 24 Jul 2025
HeartKids urges bipartisan support for investment to tackle childhood-onset heart disease
In the lead into the federal election, HeartKids has urged the government and Op...
Giovanni Torre 10 Apr 2025
Hygiene programs aim to combat rheumatic heart disease in Indigenous communities

With Australia having the highest rates of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the world, and Indigenous children making up 90 per cent of the cases, more is needed to combat the scourge which is intrins...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 20, 2025
Laundry program helping prevent Rheumatic Heart Disease

Queensland's North West Hospital and Health Service is lowering Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) rates in remote Indigenous communities through a partnership providing free laundry facilities.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Feb 25, 2025
New health partnership aims to combat preventable rheumatic heart disease experienced by Indigenous peoples

The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and The Snow Foundation have partnered in a major step forward for Indigenous health outcomes as they look to prevent acute rh...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 11, 2024
Deadly Heart Trek works with community to eliminate RHD

There's nothing funny about this topic, yet these children are filled with laughter as they learn about 'cheeky' at a pop-up clinic in Alice Springs.

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Rudi Maxwell Apr 1, 2024
MooGoo's hygiene initiatives combat Rheumatic Heart Disease in Indigenous communities

Rheumatic Heart Disease, though preventable, remains prevalent, particularly affecting Indigenous communities. Statistics reveal a staggering reality: nine out of ten diagnosed cases are among Indigen...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Mar 20, 2024
Paediatrician and Researcher: Why I am voting yes in the Voice Referendum

In recent weeks both Noel Pearson and Health Minister Mark Butler have highlighted a condition known as rheumatic heart disease as the exemplar of why we need an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

Systems failed in rheumatic heart disease deaths

A coroner investigating the deaths of three Indigenous women with rheumatic heart disease has found health systems in a remote Queensland community failed.

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