HeartKids NSW

HeartKids NSW exists because 8 babies are born every single day with Childhood Heart Disease (CHD). That’s one in every 100 babies.  HeartKids NSW supports children with CHD and the families who cherish them. Their support services focus on ensuring that heart families are not alone on their journey with CHD. They also advocate on behalf of the CHD community and work hard to improve public awareness about the disease, its impacts and the vital need for increased levels of support. Importantly, they partner with leading cardiologists and researchers who are working to reduce the incidence of CHD and to decrease the unacceptably high mortality rate. CHD affects 1 in 100 Australian children and is the greatest reason for admission of children into intensive care. The disease is the biggest killer of children under the age of one.