Healthy Western Australians are being urged to take part in heart research by the Telethon Kids Institute.

The research aims to create better treatments for Rheumatic Heart Disease which affects Australia’s most vulnerable children.

The Telethon Kids Institute infectious diseases physician and researcher Dr Thel Hla told Jo McManus on 6PR Afternoons Australia has one of the highest rates of the preventable disease.

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