The Kids Research Institute Australia & Menzies School of Health Research will lead an international project to develop a diagnostic tool for acute r…
This study sought to determine relationships, by gender, between childhood behaviour problems and adolescent risky sexual behaviours and substance us…
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a chronic cardiac condition with an infectious aetiology, causing high disease burden in low-income settings.
This study was designed to determine the sensitivity and reproducibility of recovering anti-streptolysin O titres (ASOT) from dried blood spot (DBS)…
A new study shows that people living in the Oceania region, including Australia, have the highest risk in the world of dying from rheumatic heart dis…
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.
Indigenous Australians are much more likely to die from Rheumatic Heart Disease than other Australians.
Researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia are sharing expertise and knowledge to end rheumatic heart disease in this country.
Adequate resources are needed for maintenance of data quality in acute rheumatic fever/ rheumatic heart disease registers to ensure provision of evid…