What is Rheumatic Heart Disease?

Red Dust and Mamanta piloted a new Healthy Living Program education module on Tiwi Country, to raise awareness of rheumatic heart disease.

Read more about the experience: https://www.reddust.org.au/blog-posts...

Thank you to the following local community partners and collaborators:
- Mamanta
- Tictac and Bell from Indigenous Literacy Foundation Tiwi Islands
- Tiwi Training & Employment Board/Remote School Attendance Program (RSAS)
- Local health clinics in Milikapati, Pirlimgimpi, and Wurrumiyanga
- Catholic Care School Holiday Program

Thank you to our program funding partners:
- Edwards Lifesciences Foundation
- Yaru Foundation

Additional Thanks to supporting agencies that offered support, information and resources:
- The Heart Foundation
- Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia
- Menzies School of Health Research

A big thanks to the project team – Joel Moreta, Leigh Bramall, Sharon Burns, River Bramall & Shia Cooper... and all those awesome young people and their families who took part!