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Mar 10, 2021
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Poor living conditions behind increasing rheumatic fever rates in Wellington
Substandard housing in the Wellington region is being blamed for a spike in rheumatic fever, a preventable disease common in the developing world but almost eliminated from developed countries like New Zealand.
An all-new approach for the early detection of rheumatic heart disease will be developed and tested as part of a suite of new research to be carried out by some of New Zealand’s district health boards
In November 2020, Cure Kids, New Zealand’s leading child health organisaton, announced it would commit more than $3 million over the next three years to help researchers battle rheumatic fever and rhe