Rheumatic Heart Disease Network (RHDnet)

The World Heart Federation's website for rheumatic heart disease is an international resource developed primarily for clinicians, health practitioners and policy-makers in countries where the disease is still common. Its purpose is to promote rheumatic heart disease control through best practice including registration of people with disease and secondary prevention of rheumatic fever.

The site is contains information about rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease for Health Professionals and for Families and Communities.

For health professionals > This section contains education and training materials, register databases, and best-practice rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease guidelines and resources from programmes around the world. These are available free of charge and with the kind permission of their publishers.		For families and communities > This section contains information and links to inform and promote rheumatic heart disease awareness in the community

World Heart Federation RHD activities

View the activities of the Rheumatic fever/Rheumatic heart disease Scientific Council including information on the World Heart Federation RHD Demonstration Projects.