RHD Action

• India
• Hindi
• Communities

A teaching video for public education in learning about what is rheumatic valvular heart disease and how to prevent it in children and adolescents. It was created as a teaching tool for Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi RF/RHD Registry teaching activity with the help of EMRC, DAVV, Indore

• South Africa
• English
• Communities

Teddy Mudge - Biomedical innovator specialising in rheumatic heart disease.

• International
• English
• Communities

Rheumatic Heart Disease - Forgotten Not Gone. Rheumatic Heart Disease is a chronic heart condition, caused by rheumatic fever, that needlessly kills and disables people living in extreme poverty. High prevalence of the disease has become a marker of poverty and an important factor feeding growing health inequities.
 

• South Africa
• English
• People living with RF/RHD

Rheumatic Heart Disease used to be a common killer of American and European youth. It still targets children and youth in poor communities, killing hundreds of thousands of people a year. This slideshow, made in South Africa, is made to raise awareness about what can be done.

• South Africa
• English
• People living with RF/RHD

A young Gugulethu women, Zena Klaas, nearly lost her life to Rheumatic Heart Disease. Here is her story.

• International
• English
• Clinician - community health worker

Many doctors may believe that acute rheumatic fever is a disease of the past, but it's estimated that, worldwide, there are 500,000 new annual cases, and that 15 million have chronic rheumatic heart disease.

Rachel Helena Webb, paediatric infectious diseases specialist at the Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland, joins us to discuss diagnosis and management of this condition.

Read the full clinical review:
www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3443

• United States of America
• English
• Clinician - nurse

Rheumatic fever for nurses and nursing students.

• Nepal
• English
• Communities

The documentary movie provides a summary of the active surveillance program for rheumatic heart disease in Nepal.

• New Zealand
• English
• People living with RF/RHD

Rheumatic fever awareness poster featuring Dr Larry Jordan

• New Zealand
• English
• People living with RF/RHD

RHD awareness poster featuring Robbie Fruen

• Australia
• English
• People living with RF/RHD

• Brazil
• Portuguese
• People living with RF/RHD

Recognising rheumatic fever (Brazil)

• Australia
• English
• Clinician - nurse

Consent form for rheumatic fever / rheumatic heart disease register (Northern Territory, Australia)

• Australia
• Clinician - nurse

Warfarin dosage chart for recording INR results, dosing

• Australia
• English
• People living with RF/RHD

Rheumatic fever penicillin needle chart