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Community-led research set to revolutionise treatment of rheumatic heart diseaseYoung Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people receiving long-term, painful injections to prevent deadly complications from rheumatic heart disease (RHD) will design their own optimum treatment program thanks to latest research at The Kids Research Institute Australia.

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Tackling allergy prevention in early lifeThe Childhood Allergy and Immunology Research Team at The Kids Research Institute Australia are currently conducting four studies, through ORIGINS, investigating nutritional strategies in the diets of mothers and babies and how these may reduce the development of allergies.
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The Sore Throat Study is looking for healthy children and young people to take part in a new study investigating sore throats, also known as pharyngitis, and how best to prevent them.

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Perth campaign aims to raise awareness of dangers of a chronic wet cough in Aboriginal childrenAn intensive health promotion campaign which aims to raise awareness of the dangers of a chronic wet cough in Aboriginal children launched this month in Perth.
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Aboriginal Urban Healthy Skin studyAsha Brad Glenn Jonathan Marianne Tim Bowen Farrant Pearson Carapetis AM Mullane Barnett BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD FAHMS OAM BSc (Hons), PhD BA (
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Accelerate-WA Network: Developing a sustainable family-clinician-researcher network for education and training in the early detection of cerebral palsy for all infants in Western AustraliaAccelerate will develop and pilot, a multi-directorate teaching and training network for early detection of cerebral palsy (CP), encompassing key clinical partners across CAHS and WACHS.

The Strep A Translation team aim to understand the epidemiology of Strep A infections in Australia and the world. Alongside this, they explore the implementation of endgame recommendations, health economics and new horizons.
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Systematic Review of Household Transmission of Strep A: A Potential Site for Prevention That Has Eluded AttentionAlthough Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A) is the sixth-most common infectious disease globally, its transmission within the household remains an understudied driver of infection. We undertook a systematic review to better understand the transmission of Strep A among people within the home, while highlighting opportunities for prevention.