The 2025 Guideline edition will be available soon.

The Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (3rd edition) includes standards, recommendations, and guidance to support care for people with acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia. Clinical information is supported by a cultural safety framework which places people with disease and their families and communities at the centre of care. Information focuses on:

• Introduction (includes a summary of changes since the previous edition)
• Culture and workforce
• Burden of disease
• Primordial prevention and social determinants of acute rheumatic fever
• Primary prevention
• Diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever
• Management of acute rheumatic fever
• Diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease
• Screening for rheumatic heart disease
• Secondary prophylaxis
• Management of rheumatic heart disease
• Women and girls with rheumatic heart disease
• Rheumatic heart disease control programs
• New Technologies