An entirely preventable "killer" disease plaguing remote communities in the Northern Territory will never end unless Aboriginal workers become the backbone of prevention, an Indigenous health organisation warns.
Sunrise Health chairperson Anne-Marie Lee is the co-author of a four-year, landmark study - published in the International Journal of Environmental Research Public Health - which was conducted in three Aboriginal communities where it is not uncommon to see children under 10 bearing the vertical, long scars of open-heart surgery.
