The UN Population Fund has announced that the Israel-based international nonprofit organization providing lifesaving cardiac care for children is a recipient of their 2018 UN Population Award.

Heart of the Matter, an Israeli program sponsored by the European Union, organizes hundreds of Palestinian children's journeys to Israel for heart surgeries. The program is an offshoot of Israeli organization Save a Child’s Heart which for the past 15 years has flown over more than 2,500 children from 43 countries where adequate cardiovascular care is unavailable.