40,000+ Born With Heart Defects. Denied a Chance at Life

Thousands of Nigerian children are born with congenital heart disease every year. For too many, the greatest threat to survival is not the condition itself, but the inability to access lifesaving treatment.

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the world's most common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in every 100 newborns. Nigerian research has estimated that over 25,000 children are born with CHD annually, while other estimates suggest the burden is considerably higher.

Yet access to paediatric cardiac surgery remains critically limited. Children who could survive with timely diagnosis and specialist treatment often face long waiting periods, unaffordable medical bills and a shortage of facilities equipped to treat them.

The consequences can be devastating.

In Nigeria, over 90% of children born with congenital heart disease lack reliable access to the specialist cardiac care they need. For children with critical heart defects, delays in treatment can mean they never reach their first, fifth, tenth, fifteenth birthday.

At Access Heart Foundation, we believe no child should lose their future because their family cannot afford treatment.

Through our children's cardiac care initiatives, we are mobilising resources to support diagnosis, specialist assessments and lifesaving cardiac procedures for children from underserved families.

A heart defect should not determine how long a child lives. Access to treatment should not depend on how much their parents earn.

Your donation can help change that.

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