👋We hope to see you at our Vaccine Centre seminar this Thursday. Josh Osowicki, Prof Mark Engle UCT Fatoumata Camara will discuss #StrepA #vaccine development. 👉bit.ly/3zEmIs9

Strep Throat is different to the common cold and can lead to serious illness. #MCRI's Dr Kim Davis & Dr Myra Hardy have detailed the key differences in a The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand piece and how MCRI & telethonkids are working on a #vaccine. #StrepA #ChildHealth👇bit.ly/4ceeg0p

The HSFSA will be hosting a CPD-accredited webinar on Rheumatic Fever (RF) and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) to be held on Tuesday, 6th August 2024 at 19h00 SAST (South African Standard Time). ❤🧠 Register in Advance: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

An important review in Nature argues that scientists need more time to think. "That suggests an even more radical rethink of the current funding model for academic research." nature.com/articles/d4158…

How fun! Kids drawing the artwork for paediatric infectious diseases journal! Please share the opportunity with budding artists!! jpidsociety Infectious Diseases ANZPID SLIPE sociedad African Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases ESPIDSociety PIDS

Our latest work focused on understanding acute rheumatic fever is now out - an immune signature comprising inflammatory markers, IgG3, and StrepA-specific antibodies cell.com/iscience/fullt…

🩺💔 This week, we spotlight Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Awareness Week. #SponsorsOfBrave #AdcockIngramOTC Ref: (1) "Rheumatic Heart Disease." Johns Hopkins Medicine. [Online]. Accessed 24 July 2024. Available: hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditi….

Rheumatic heart disease is preventable #AsibeHealthyGP

Rheumatic Fever (RF) Week is aimed at raising awareness about the harm RF can cause to young children and individuals.

ACCHOs already do 'social prescribing'. Celebrating Indigenous invention/innovation improves the Australian health care system. Recent reflections with Uday Yadav Fiona Cornforth & Ray Lovett from YardhuraWalani. Our Health in Our Hands ❤️💛🖤 RACGP Coalition of Peaks Lisa Whop Dr Raglan Maddox

Group A streptococcal colitis: an under‐recognised entity? ow.ly/MknZ50T0N9l

In 2021 an outbreak of acute rheumatic fever was identified in a remote Aboriginal community. This paper shows the value of working with community members to implement household-level, outreach-based public health responses. doi.org/10.1016/j.anzj…

Social prescribing plays a significant role in managing CVD. By incorporating social determinants of health into clinical prediction models and community-based interventions, we can address the root causes of health disparities. Achamyeleh Danny Htet ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.11…

Wonderful to be hearing from Dr Lucas de Toca at ANUPopulationHealth today and reflecting on the contribution of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 in supporting our Pacific RHD Program work to tackle rheumatic heart disease. Joseph Kado Krystal Millar Jonathan Carapetis Fiji Rheumatic Heart Disease Programme Fiji Institute of Pacific Health Research Cure Kids

#ApplyNow 📢-The Impact Program on Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is now accepting applications for its Masters Research Fellowship. The program aims to nurture emerging research leaders in Uganda to generate high-quality evidence on RHD across the lifespan. See advert 👇 #EndRHD

Our latest #CVD risk paper is out - with interviews showing GPs still faced many of the same barriers to CVD risk assessment guidelines as we documented a decade ago. The new guidelines with an updated risk calculator will address some of these issues: www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2024/sept…

The Lowitja Journal invites experienced authors and reviewers with significant research experience in First Nations health and wellbeing to submit an EOI to join the editorial team as an Associate Editor. Learn more and apply: hubs.li/Q02Pr5hC0

From #StrepA #MaliceInChains to #ChainsOfMisery, I ❤️ this latest piece with outstanding Paed ID physicians & PhD candidates Drs Kim Davis & Yara Abo 😊 Well done!@MCRI_for_kids journals.lww.com/co-infectiousd…