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Specialist teams fly into regional Australia to tackle rheumatic heart disease

Heart specialist Dr Jascha Kehr flies in to Moree

Heart specialist Dr Jascha Kehr flies in to Moree Source: SBS

A potentially fatal yet preventable condition, rheumatic heart disease, is rising in Australia’s Indigenous communities.


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By Claudia Farhart

Source: SBS


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A potentially fatal yet preventable condition, rheumatic heart disease, is rising in Australia’s Indigenous communities.



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