rhdaustralia seminar series - adelaide
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RHDAustralia recently held a free seminar for health professionals, students, and people who work in Aboriginal communities in Adelaide on Wednesday 18 June to provide information on the prevention, control and management of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The seminar topics covered how to diagnose ARF, management issues including current guidelines, duration of secondary antibiotic prophylaxis and surgical considerations, statistics from South Australia and current research projects in Australia.TRANSCRIPT
RHDAustralia Seminar SeriesAdelaide
Endorsed by the South Australian branch of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
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Networking
Browsing the available resources
Deputy Director of RHDAustralia, Claire Boardman, discusses the Australian Rheumatic Fever Strategy and the role of RHDAustralia.
South Australian RHD Control Program Manager, Jennifer Cottrell, discusses the landscape of ARF & RHD in South Australia.
General Practitioner, Penny Silwood, and Aboriginal Health Worker Damian Rigney discuss the Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services RHD management CQI Project.
Associate Professor Christopher Zeitz discusses practical illustrations of the ARF/RHD Guidelines at work.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Dr Jayme Bennetts discusses a local perspective of surgery for Rheumatic Valvular Disease.
Paediatric cardiologist and keynote speaker, Dr Andrew Kelly discusses getti ng to the heart of rheumatic heart disease
Question time
RHDAustralia would like to take the time to thank our wonderful presenters, the South Australian Control Program and all who attended on the
evening for making our seminar such a success.
For more information on rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease and the work of RHDAustralia please
visit www.rhdaustralia.org.au
Endorsed by the South Australian branch of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand