Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a chronic cardiac condition with an infectious aetiology, causing high disease burden in low-income settings.
The objective of this study was to describe the occurrence of skin infection associated hospitalizations in children born in Western Australia (WA).
We conducted a systematic review of clinical trials and observational studies that address the utility of SXT for SSTI treatment, caused by either GA…
This study sought to determine relationships, by gender, between childhood behaviour problems and adolescent risky sexual behaviours and substance us…
The choice of RHD is telling: the disease is a marker of inequality, a novel lens for considering health systems and a feasible target for disease co…
This is a 6 month cohort study involving participants at Princess Margaret Hospital prescribed BPG for secondary prophylaxis of RHD.
We estimated the global disease prevalence of and mortality due to rheumatic heart disease over a 25-year period
The age-standardized disability-adjusted life years rates in the Eastern Mediterranean Region are considerably higher than the global average.
The END RHD Communities approach uses community-led, research-backed prevention strategies to tackle Strep A skin and throat infections, acute rheuma…