Description

We are a young and very special charity solely focussed on Childhood Heart Disease (CHD) – which is the greatest killer of young Australian children (Under the age of 5) – a fact most people are totally unaware of. CHD takes more lives than all other childhood diseases – twice that of childhood cancers.


HeartKids Australia works to:
*Support families who have a child with heart disease
*Reduce the incidence of Childhood Heart Disease
*Decrease the mortality rates for Childhood Heart Disease

We do this by:
*Employing Family Support Coordinators in each of the major
children’s hospitals throughout Australia
*Running Family and Teen activities
*Funding Research into CHD
*Providing equipment and facilities
*Assisting families with travel and accommodation needs
*Commissioning a White Paper into the needs of CHD from a clinical and community perspective
*Advocating the needs of CHD to Government

Website

HeartKids Australia

State

New South Wales

Social Category

Health