Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: in brief , AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 March 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: in brief . Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: in brief . AIHW, 2019.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: in brief . Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: in brief , AIHW, Canberra.
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Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are preventable diseases disproportionately affecting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians living in remote areas. Prevalence rates were highest in the Northern Territory, females, and young people aged 5–14. These data highlight the important role of jurisdictional control programs and registers in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory and New South Wales.
This report is a companion to Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia.
Under the Rheumatic Fever Strategy, the Australian Government provides funding to support rheumatic heart disease (RHD) control programs in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. This section provides an introduction on acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and RHD in Australia.
This in-brief report provides an overview of the data in the main report, also titled ‘Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia’.
End matter: Acknowledgments; References
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