Cardiovascular diseases are still the main cause of death in third-world and developing countries, and this is true for children, adolescents as well as adults. In some countries, untreated heart diseases & congenital heart defects in children below the age of 5 cause more deaths than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.This is why the EurAsia Heart Foundation has established a medical network in Eastern Europe and Asia that deals with heart and cardiovascular diseases of all age groups.