Rheumatic Fever

School based throat swabbing programmes are aimed at preventing rheumatic fever by detecting and treating streptococcal throat infection (‘strep throat’).

View the list of throat swabbing teams and services in the Bay of Plenty and Lakes.

Aroha Ruha-Hiraka is based at Tuwharetoa ki Kawerau Hauora and is the rheumatic fever clinical lead for the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

Contact Aroha@tuwharetoa.org.nz for further information.

Leanne Kirk is the co-ordinator of the Rotorua school based sore throat swabbing programme that operates out of Western Heights Health Centre.

Contact lkirk@raphs.org.nz for further information.

The rheumatic fever sector group

The rheumatic fever sector group (shown in the photo above) is committed to reducing rates of rheumatic fever in the Bay of Plenty and Lakes districts.

The sector teams meet together once per term to share information, resources and ideas.

The sector group consists of community health workers and nurses from:

Bay of Plenty rheumatic fever awareness campaign

Multi-media awareness campaigns ran between March to June from 2010 to 2017

Evaluation of the awareness campaigns

National rheumatic fever campaigns

View the Health Promotion Agency materials and resources used in the national campaigns.

Health Promotion Agency resources

The Health Promotion Agency has a wide variety of rheumatic fever campaign material and resources for health workers and families.

Click here to view resources from the 2014 - 2017 campaigns

Ministry of Health resources

Click here to view Ministry of Health learning resources

Heart Foundation resources

Rheumatic fever resources are available to order from the resource page of the Heart Foundation website

5 messages to keep your family healthy

The 5 messages to keep your family healthy resources are aimed at reducing hospitalisations for preventable diseases such as rheumatic fever and skin infections.

Rheumatic Fever

The rheumatic fever sector group

Awareness campaigns

Resources