The Need
Congenital heart disease is the world's most common birth defect, affecting one in every 100 children. Without treatment, one third of children born with a heart defect die before their first birthday.
The Reason We Are Here
Joseph A. Dearani, M.D., Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, Mayo Clinic and Children's HeartLink Medical Director describes the reason we are here.
Who We Are
Children’s HeartLink is a medical NGO dedicated to developing sustainable programs to prevent and treat children’s heart disease in underserved areas of the world.
Now in its 40th year, Children’s HeartLink partners with hospitals in India, China, Ukraine, Vietnam, Malaysia, South Africa, Kenya and Brazil.
Read our story in NEED Magazine.
Read the Children's HeartLink newsletter - Heartbeat (Summer 2009)
What We Do
Children’s HeartLink sends volunteer medical teams and individual consultants to partner sites to train, teach and perform life-saving heart procedures for children.
Each year, Children’s HeartLink mobilizes more than a hundred of the world’s outstanding health care professionals from prestigious centers of excellence in pediatric cardiac care.
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