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 the use of register-based secondary prevention of rheumatic fever.

The Rheumatic Heart Disease Network, RHDnet provides 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.

RHDnet also includes a section specifically for families and communities which contains information and links to inform and promote rheumatic heart disease awareness in the community.

A members' forum has been developed to link clinicians and health practitioners around the world to facilitate information sharing, collaboration and cooperation to improve rheumatic heart disease control globally.

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