The epidemiology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Queensland

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Francia, C., Johnston, L., Stacey, I., Justo, R., Fraser, J., Katzenellenbogen, J. Medical Journal of Australia DOI: 10.5694/mja2.70052

Abstract: Rheumatic heart disease and its precursor acute rheumatic fever are potent markers of inequity in Australia. Nationally, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged younger than 55 years are over 60 times more affected by either condition than non-Indigenous people. The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation is now funded to lead place-based RHD elimination efforts, recognising the importance of Indigenous self-determination in effective management of ARF and RHD

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