💉A new penicillin injection for rheumatic fever hurts less and lasts longer, which could help young people stick to the recommended 10-treatment period.

Read more about the Telethon Kids Institute UWA research here: scimex.org/newsfeed/new-r…

💧The spit is it!💧Anuk Indraratna Martina Sanderson UOW Research led a cool project with Genetic Signatures to use ‘3base’ tech to develop a #StrepA test 🧪 for SALIVA 💧more sensitive than throat swab culture 🧫. Nice validation with human challenge samples. doi.org/10.1016/j.tala…

#ECCMID2024 Powerful opening lieslzuhlke reflecting on the lasting legacy of colonialism and apartheid on health & health outcomes in South Africa

MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM Edwin Armitage Alex J Keeley Alice Halliday Rachael Barr Anu Goenka Gabrielle de Crombrugghe #ECCMID2024 Lifetime exposure to a diverse range of #StrepA types is associated with Acute Rheumatic Fever. Therefore ? lower Human Development Index = wider range of circulating emm-types = increased risk of ARF & RhD

#ECCMID2024 the burden of Acute Rheumatic Fever is often unseen because of inadequate surveillance. Lovely study led Emmy Okello in The Lancet Global Health shorturl.at/iwBF0 demonstrates that, if we look, we will find cases. Considerable work needed to develop these systems.

This project has been one of my favourites - codesigning shared decision making support for Heart Health Checks with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Such a pleasure to work with this team ANUPopulationHealth NAATSIHWP Sydney Health Literacy Lab David Follent Rosemary Wyber

Excited to launch this new tool for discussing heart health with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Join us next Tuesday ANUPopulationHealth in person or online to hear more from David Follent, A/Prof Carissa Bonner, Shannon McKinn & Fiona Cornforth. events.humanitix.com/launching-the-… #HeartWeek2024

Building more and better living space is crucial to eliminate rheumatic heart disease in Aboriginal people living in remote areas, yet the current model of remote housing is failing to improve conditions

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A new synthesis exploring what we know about Strep A transmission in household settings. Studies have focused on invasive rather than superficial or post-infectious disease. More work is needed to understand different transmission drivers Alex J Keeley Edwin Armitage lieslzuhlke

By addressing streptococcal infections, particularly in children and adolescents, the risk of developing Rheumatic Fever significantly diminishes. This proactive approach is a vital preventative measure against the potentially severe complications of Rheumatic Heart Disease

Whether you've had uno infarto miocardico or das Vorhofflimmern, we can help.... our cardiology ward St Vincent's reflects our patients' great diversity and is a beautiful snapshot of Australian society 🌎 🇦🇺

Community engagement through education and awareness campaigns targeting prevention of development of acute rheumatic fever is the best approach to end #RHD

We assure you our remarkable contribution and involvement to #EndRHD

Great to host our colleagues from U Queensland 🇦🇺 and labs of Mark Walker + Gabrielle Belz from our ⁦Foundation Leducq⁩ iSpy-Explore network working to identify correlates of immunity to StrepA infection + inform a safe, effective vaccine to prevent rheumatic heart disease

New paper alert in the Journal of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

The link between Strep A infections and enduring historical legacies of racism and health inequalities, particularly in remote communities, is as striking as it is unacceptable.

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New paper from The Gambia looking into health seeking behaviour and beliefs around sore throats. So important for improving diagnosis of StrepA pharyngitis and rheumatic heart disease in Africa. journals.plos.org/globalpubliche… Maria Suau MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine #StrepA

Really proud to be involved in this paper and continue to learn from our First Nations people to improve primary care health outcomes :) Check it out here: …alth-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

📢Our short survey is still open - we are very interested to hear from you and to make sure we can rep Mob. 🌈🖤✊🏿 (pls share) sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cI…

How to integrate #SocialPrescribing in the Australian #primarycare for people with #chronicillness ? AAAPC Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President ASPIRE UNSW CPHCE ANUPopulationHealth NCD Alliance
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