Take Heart

2016
52m

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What disease starts with a sore throat, or infected skin sores in children, and if left untreated can advance to open heart surgery, permanent disability, stroke and premature death?

Rheumatic Heart Disease, or RHD, is a largely invisible disease that threatens the lives of over 30 million children and young people around the world.

Take Heart: The Quest to Rid Australasia of Rheumatic Heart Disease lifts the lid on this life-threatening disease that is 100% preventable.

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Take Heart lifts the lid on this life-threatening disease that is 100% preventable. This powerful and provocative film is the first in a global series that focuses on Australasia - Australia... Read allTake Heart lifts the lid on this life-threatening disease that is 100% preventable. This powerful and provocative film is the first in a global series that focuses on Australasia - Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.Take Heart lifts the lid on this life-threatening disease that is 100% preventable. This powerful and provocative film is the first in a global series that focuses on Australasia - Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

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The original score by Adam Starr features didgeridoo virtuoso Mark Atkins.

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Bo Remenyi: These children were born completely healthy with normal heart function. They started life the same way as everybody else and yet they acquired this disease and their heart gets permanently damaged. But, rheumatic heart disease is completely preventable and yet so many children suffer from it. I think that's the saddest part.