A Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) develops early on in pregnancy and causes the highest amount of infant deaths within the first year. There are 35 different types on Congenital Heart Defects but out of every dollar donated to the Heart and Stroke foundation only one penny is sent to CHDs.
The Problem
CHDs are not well known, they're mainly only known to people who have been affected by them. And yet everyone knows about childhood cancers that actually cause less deaths than CHD's.
Some Things To Think About
Almost HALF of all donated blood goes to CHDers
1 in every 100 babies have a CHD
1 in 10 of those will have a fatal CHD
Some CHDs aren't found until adulthood, or until it's too late for anything to be done
Over 1 million babies born worldwide each year will have a CHD
Congenital Heart Defects do NOT have a cure, there is only a bandage for this.
For more information/support: http://jointhefightchd.webs.com/
You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do
And it's breakin' my heart in two
--Cat Stevens
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