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Laqueisha was just five years old when she was diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease and sent on a 5,000km return trip to Perth for major heart surgery.

We estimated the global disease prevalence of and mortality due to rheumatic heart disease over a 25-year period

Young people with screening-detected RHD have worse health outcomes than screen-negative cases in Fiji.

Adequate resources are needed for maintenance of data quality in acute rheumatic fever/ rheumatic heart disease registers to ensure provision of evidence-based care and accurate assessment of program impact.

A directed approach to the differential diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever now includes the concept of low-risk versus medium-to-high risk populations

Vaccines against Streptococcus pyogenes are considered as impeded vaccines because of a number of crucial barriers to development

This trial aims to improve uptake of secondary prophylaxis among Aboriginal people with ARF/RHD to reduce progression or worsening of RHD.

After brief training, health workers with no prior experience in echocardiography can obtain adequate quality images and make a reliable assessment

This study adds to emerging data suggesting increasing importance of iGAS in low- and middle-income settings globally.

This article discusses the 2015 revision of the Jones criteria by the American Heart Association for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever.