RHD
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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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