The Rise of Rheumatic Fever in Australia

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports rates of rheumatic fever in Australia. And largely what we've seen is actually an increase in rate, despite all the effort that has gone into trying to reduce it. We also need to be monitoring rheumatic heart disease rates, complication rates, how many people are going for surgery, all those other endpoints as well. New South Wales does now have a register along with Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia. But that leaves out Victoria ACT and Tasmania, which don't report case rates. So we actually have no idea what their case rates are like.