EDITORIAL

Preventing recurrent rheumatic fever: the role of register based programmes

M McDonald¹, A Brown², S Noonan³, J R Carapetis⁴

¹ Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
² Alice Springs Campus of the Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs, Australia
³ Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
⁴ Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Royal Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr Malcolm McDonald
Menzies School of Health Research, PO Box 41096 Casuarina, Northern Territory, 0811, Australia; malcolm{at}menzies.edu.au

Despite dramatic gains of the last century, acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease remain major preventable causes of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world

Abbreviations: ARF, acute rheumatic fever; RHD, rheumatic heart disease; WHO, World Health Organization

Keywords: rheumatic fever; rheumatic heart disease; prevention; disease registers

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