Congenital Heart Disease in Colombia and Worldwide Cardiopatias congénitas en Colombia y en el mundo

s o t l a t s k l s d p All over the world 135 million children are born each year; of these, 1 in every 33 live births is affected by a congenital anomaly, which in turn generates 3.2 million disabilities per year. One third of these abnormalities are cardiac, and a prevalence of 0.5 to 9 is estimated per 1,000 live births. The conclusion, therefore, is that approximately 1.3 million newborns in the world has congenital heart disease, a fact that leads to a high mortality due to improper treatment during the first year of life, especially because most (90%) live in poorest countries. In Latin America, 54,000 children are born each year with congenital heart disease and of these, 41,000 require some treatment, but unfortunately only 17,000 are intervened. In Colombia, where approximately 150 children per million inhabitants should undergo surgery, only 2,434 are intervened, which corresponds to 52 surgeries per million, which forces to take actions that favor this large number of children who will not have the opportunity to receive some kind of appropriate and timely care. On the other hand, scientific societies are created for specific purposes and have been functioning correctly, usually isolated, but also have acquired obligations over the community, especially when they achieve to integrate with