Many expressed interest in learning more about #RheumaticHeartDisease which is all too common in Australia’s #ATSI communities. Understand more about this largely preventable illness by reading#closethegap #HealCountry

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‘Heal Country’ & End Rheumatic Heart Disease - Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute This NAIDOC Week, we reached out to scientists to learn more about this deadly heart disease and its impact on our First Nations people.

Heart research is vital to #closethegap. #RheumaticHeartDisease is the greatest cause of disparity b/w First Nations ppl & non-indigenous Aust. Researchers are working with #ATSI-led health orgs to end RHD in Australia by 2031. #HealCountry #NAIDOC2021

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