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The United States Congress recently introduced the Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2024 which would extend funding for public health efforts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve childhood survival rates, prevent premature death and disability, and increase quality of life for the two-and-a-half million Americans living with congenital heart disease (CHD). This bill is of particular importance to the Down syndrome community because approximately half of all infants born with Down syndrome have a heart condition.
Take action and urge your members of Congress to support the bill using our action alert here.
Read NDSS’s letter of support here.