Uganda - Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is a leading cause of childhood mortality in developing nations. In Uganda, many children, particularly orphans and those from families facing financial hardship, lack access to timely, life-saving cardiac surgeries.
Upasuaji International, together with Open Hearts for Orphans and in collaboration with the Uganda Heart Institute (UHI), are working to fund critical pediatric cardiac surgeries for vulnerable children.
How We're Making a Difference:
- Partnering with UHI to identify children in greatest need, including orphans, who might struggle to access surgery
- We provide the necessary financial support for both complex open-heart and essential closed-heart operations.
- Prioritizing surgeries within Uganda to strengthen local healthcare capacity, reduce backlogs, and empower Ugandan medical teams.
Our goal is to improve health outcomes for these children and bolster the entire Ugandan cardiac care system.