Translating rheumatic fever prevention strategies into practice in Australia's high burden settings

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1113638

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Rheumatic fever is a serious preventable disease causing premature illness and death, yet unacceptably high rates occur in Australian Indigenous communities. Prevention can be achieved with regular penicillin injections, but there are many barriers, so people needing this treatment frequently miss doses. This program proposes to close the evidence-practice gap by forming effective partnerships to effectively roll out rheumatic fever prevention strategies in clinics across the Northern Territory.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Translating Research into Practice Fellowships

Funding Amount: $178,157.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Streptococcus pyogenes | health services | public health | rheumatic fever | rheumatic heart disease

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