Central Australian rheumatic heart disease program

• Reach:

  NT

• Focus area:

  Mainstream with Indigenous content

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Central Australian rheumatic heart disease program:

• collects epidemiological data through the establishment and maintenance of a centralised database
  
• assists with client follow-up
• provides client, family and health staff education
• improves secondary prophylaxis

The program covers a huge area of the Northern Territory (which encompasses the Alice Springs and Barkly regions), the Anangu-Pitjantjatjarra lands in South Australia, the Ngaanyatjarra lands in Western Australia and extends to the Queensland border (approximately 1 000 000 sq kms).

An initial program was temporarily funded for 12 months, and the program then became fully operational in June 2002.

Contacts

Rheumatic heart disease program
Centre for Disease Control
PO Box 721
Alice Springs NT 0871
Ph: (08) 8951 6909
Fax: (08) 8951 7900
Email: RHDAliceSprings@nt.gov.au

Related publications

Brown A, Purton L, Schaeffer G, Wheaton G, White A (2003)

Central Australian Rheumatic Heart Disease Control Program: a report to the Commonwealth November 2002.

Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin; 10(1): 1-8

• Links
• View article: Central Australian Rheumatic Heart Disease Control Program. A report to the Commonwealth November 2002 (PDF - 773.4 KB)

Links

• View website: Department of Health and Families, NT