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Voices behind the statistics: A systematic literature review of the lived experience of rheumatic heart diseaseThis systematic review presents a critical, interpretive analysis of publications that include lived experiences of rheumatic heart disease
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Major grants fuel child health researchSix researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia have been awarded $8.9 million in prestigious Investigator Grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council.
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RHD a notifiable conditionWestern Australian doctors are now required by law to report all cases of rheumatic heart disease.
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Improving primary care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with rheumatic heart disease: What can I do?Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease disproportionately affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia, with devastating impacts on morbidity, mortality and community wellbeing. Research suggests that general practitioners and primary care staff perceive insurmountable barriers to improving clinical outcomes, including the need for systemic change outside their scope of practice.
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Status of research and development of vaccines for Streptococcus pyogenesVaccines against Streptococcus pyogenes are considered as impeded vaccines because of a number of crucial barriers to development
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Group A Streptococcus, Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Epidemiology and Clinical ConsiderationsA directed approach to the differential diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever now includes the concept of low-risk versus medium-to-high risk populations
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Severe adverse events following benzathine penicillin G injection for rheumatic heart disease prophylaxis: cardiac compromise more likely than anaphylaxisThese results indicate that anaphylaxis is not a major cause of adverse reactions to benzathine penicillin G
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Public health and economic perspectives on acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart diseaseEfforts to eliminate ARF and RHD in Australia over the past decade have so far been unsuccessful, but this can change
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How many doses make a difference? An analysis of secondary prevention of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart diseaseincreased adherence to penicillin prophylaxis is associated with reduced acute rheumatic fever recurrence and a likely reduction in mortality
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Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in young adults from New CaledoniaThe prevalence of echocardiographically diagnosed RHD in adults in New Caledonia is estimated at 5.9 per 1000