$12 million to be allocated in the Budget to combat rheumatic fever. I hope BLT puts its hand up to run a pilot or two, given they had good results from strep throat trials in BoP and Italy.
However, given the funding is targeted at Maori and Pasifika communities, and is to be community led, much more likely the money will be spent on paying people to go to schools and do all the paperwork. Rather than using the biotech and teachers, which is almost certainly cheaper than hiring people, support staff, vehicles etc etc.