A community-based program to reduce acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in northern Australia

• Main Authors: Vicki Kerrigan (Author), Angela Kelly (Author), Anne Marie Lee (Author), Valerina Mungatopi (Author), Alice G. Mitchell (Author), Rosemary Wyber (Author), Anna P. Ralph (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Australia's north, Aboriginal peoples live with world-high rates of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and its precursor, acute rheumatic fever (ARF); driven by social and environmental determinants of health. We undertook a program of work to strengthen RHD primordial and pri...