Rheumatic Relief News
Church News: How a BYU program is helping kids in Samoa stay heart healthy
By Jason Swenson, Jan 16th, 2020.
For 10 years the Allens have helped operate Rheumatic Relief, a BYU-sponsored humanitarian program educating thousands of children in Samoa about the dangers of rheumatic heart disease — while simultaneously identifying kids suffering from the potentially fatal illness. Read Full Story
For 10 years the Allens have helped operate Rheumatic Relief, a BYU-sponsored humanitarian program educating thousands of children in Samoa about the dangers of rheumatic heart disease — while simultaneously identifying kids suffering from the potentially fatal illness. Read Full Story
KSL TV: BYU Project Tests Samoan Children For Heart Conditions
By Dan Rascon, Feb 12, 2020
PROVO, Utah – A BYU project called the “Rheumatic Relief” project is helping to heal children’s hearts and save hundreds of lives on the islands of Samoa. Read Full Story
PROVO, Utah – A BYU project called the “Rheumatic Relief” project is helping to heal children’s hearts and save hundreds of lives on the islands of Samoa. Read Full Story
BYU News: BYU's Rheumatic Relief
In BYU News & Travel, July 18th, 2018.
A BYU team is working with Samoan health professionals to address the unique challenges of preventing and treating strep throat and its potential fatal results. Read Full Story
A BYU team is working with Samoan health professionals to address the unique challenges of preventing and treating strep throat and its potential fatal results. Read Full Story
YMagazine: Hands on Hearts
By Peter B. Gardner in the Fall 2018 Issue
A BYU program is sending doctors, sonographers, and students across the Pacific to help relieve a hidden sorrow. Read Full Story
A BYU program is sending doctors, sonographers, and students across the Pacific to help relieve a hidden sorrow. Read Full Story
Church News: Doctors and BYU Students Fight Rheumatic Fever in Samoa
By Newsroom, June 2nd, 2017.
Doctors from Utah and Minnesota and students from Brigham Young University (operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) are screening Samoan children for rheumatic heart disease (RHD). In the eighth year of the program Read Full Story
Doctors from Utah and Minnesota and students from Brigham Young University (operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) are screening Samoan children for rheumatic heart disease (RHD). In the eighth year of the program Read Full Story