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Rheumatic Fever Network
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Nov 14, 2022
Pū Manawa Aotearoa Network member receives Beavan Medal
It is with immense pleasure and pride that we share with you that Pū Manawa Aotearoa Network member - Associate Professor Nigel Wilson,...
Mar 10, 2021
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...
Dec 8, 2020
New funding for research into detecting rheumatic heart disease
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...
Nov 3, 2020
Charity announces funding to fight NZ's poor housing disease
In November 2020, Cure Kids, New Zealand’s leading child health organisaton, announced it would commit more than $3 million over the next...
May 5, 2020
Spike in rheumatic fever cases in Wellington
There's been a dramatic spike in the number of Wellington children in hospital with the dangerous disease rheumatic fever. RNZ Read more.
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