Heart Kid Awareness Week News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Rebecca and Anthony Wilkinson’s younger son, Ali, is one of the 12 babies born every week in New Zealand with a heart defect . A congenital heart defect (CHD) is the most common birth defect, affecting 1 in every 100 births. There is no prevention .

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