One Voice to end rhd

We are a dedicated research group bringing together leading research organisations, communities impacted by ARF and RHD, stakeholders and practitioners.

To coincide with the release of the Australian Medical Association’s 2016 Report Card on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health – which focused on the enormous impact of rheumatic heart disease in Australia – END RHD was launched.

We are leading the fight to END RHD by:

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Working with the communities most at risk of rheumatic heart disease in Australia. We recognise our work will always be successful if strategies aimed at tackling the disease are indigenous-owned and community-led

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Securing funding and the political will to turn world class research into action

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Educating and empowering Australians about the role they can play in ending RHD

Why we need to END RHD

Professor Jonathan Carapetis, Executive Director of The Kids Research Institute Australia, discusses the importance of working together to combat ARF and RHD, as a finalist for the 2016 CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Innovation and Science.

Lecture from The Kids Executive Director at Government House

The Kids Research Institute Australia’s Executive Director Professor Jonathan Carapetis told more than 200 supporters at The Kids’ annual Governor’s Lecture that his formative years as a doctor in the Northern Territory shaped his career and led to his focus on Strep A diseases. Witnessing children dying from a preventable disease is the driving force behind Professor Carapetis’ quest to end rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and find a vaccine for Strep A.