FOUNDATIONS have been laid for the charting of "Australia's first comprehensive roadmap to end rheumatic heart disease (RHD)," with a roundtable of experts in Darwin convened by Indigenous Health Minister, Ken Wyatt.
RHD and acute rheumatic fever take about 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lives annually despite the condition being "almost entirely preventable".
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