Investigators: Jeremiah Mwangi, Jonathan Carapetis, Rosemary Wyber, Sophie La Vincente
External collaborators: Liesl Zuhlke (University of Cape Town), Salvatore Messin (Reach), David WaThe Kidsns (Reach), Susan Perkins (University of Cape Town), Elizabeth Kennedy (Reach), Kathryn Taubert (AHA)
Reach works to promote the health of vulnerable populations by providing technical support to local, regional and global efforts to prevent and control rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (RF/RHD).
Founded as partnership between the University of Cape Town in South Africa and The Kids Research Institute Australia in Australia we bring together the considerable expertise of leaders in the fields of Streptococcus A, rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.
As a collaborative organization, we partner with a broad range of stakeholders – including clinicians, other disease communities, academics, funders, governments, industry and people living with RHD – to achieve our common goals.