by END RHD | Apr 18, 2019 | Media Release
END RHD welcomes the announcement by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten that the Australian Labor Party will commit 33 million dollars to supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to tackle rheumatic heart disease if elected. This new funding provides a...
by END RHD | Mar 8, 2019 | Media Release
We welcome the COAG Health Council’s commitment to the RHD Roadmap today. The RHD Roadmap was developed by the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) on behalf of END RHD. We look forward to supporting the AHMAC review of the RHD...
by END RHD | Oct 23, 2018 | Media Release
Three Aboriginal brothers – the youngest only three – who are living with deadly rheumatic heart disease (RHD) will today join community representatives, health workers and medical experts at Parliament House, asking for a commitment to end the disease in...
by END RHD | May 28, 2018 | Media Release
The World Health Organisation resolution for global action to tackle rheumatic heart disease (RHD) will have significant implications for Australia, which has some of the highest rates of the disease in the world. Telethon Kids Institute is a founding partner of END...
by END RHD | Feb 27, 2018 | Media Release
END RHD welcomes the commitment of the Minister for Indigenous Health Ken Wyatt to prioritise ending rheumatic heart disease in Australia – a disease that disproportionately affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Minister Wyatt’s commitment came as...
