Who we are
We are a non-profit, volunteer-led movement driven by a simple but urgent belief:
what we measure early, we can change for life.
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Help Us Protect Children’s Hearts
In Africa, the early signs of cardiovascular disease often go unseen.
Not because they are rare - but because they are unmeasured.
At CHCAfrica, we exist to change that.
Our work begins with children - not because they are the most visible, but because they are the most overlooked. By uncovering risk early, we are shaping a future where prevention replaces late-stage disease, and where every child has the opportunity to grow into a healthy adult.
CHCAfrica is built by people who choose to show up - beyond their professions, beyond their titles.
Clinicians. Researchers. Students. Community advocates.
A collective of individuals united by purpose, contributing their time and expertise to something larger than themselves:
a healthier generation across Africa.
This is not just an organisation.
It is a network of people committed to impact - grounded in science, driven by compassion.
We go where the data does not yet exist.
Through school-based screening and community engagement, we are building Africa’s first comprehensive database on childhood blood pressure - creating the evidence needed to understand risk, act early, and prevent disease before it takes hold.
Every measurement contributes to something bigger:
a clearer picture of child health across Africa, and a stronger foundation for clinical care, research, and policy.
Our approach is our strategy
Our approach is our strategy
We believe meaningful change does not start in hospitals - it starts earlier.
We screen.
Reaching children in the environments where they learn and grow.
We measure.
Collecting high-quality, standardised data at scale.
We translate.
Turning data into insight, and insight into action.
We influence.
Shaping clinical understanding and informing health systems.
We prevent.
Changing the trajectory of disease before it begins.
Where we are
Where we are
CHCAfrica is rooted in South Africa, with a growing network of partners, institutions, and communities in Africa working together to build something that has never existed before.
Why it matters
Why it matters
The data we build today will define the health decisions of tomorrow.
This is more than a project.
It is a shift — from reaction to prevention, from absence of data to evidence, from missed opportunity to measurable impact.
And it starts here.
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