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World Birth Defects Day: WHO seeks to raise awareness, intensifies measures for prevention of birth defects

World Birth Defects Day: WHO seeks to raise awareness, intensifies measures for prevention of birth defects

World Birth Defects Day: WHO seeks to raise awareness, intensifies measures for prevention of birth defects

World Birth Defects Day: WHO seeks to raise awareness, intensifies measures for prevention of birth defects

On World Birth Defects Day, WHO and its Member States in the South-East Asia Region and globally raised their collective voice to increase awareness for all birth defects and improve access to quality care and treatment. To mark the awareness of this day, the WHO Regional Director for South-East As

World Birth Defects Day: WHO seeks to raise awareness, intensifies measures for prevention of birth defects

The World Health Organization has defined birth defects as structural or functional anomalies (for example, metabolic disorders) that occur during intrauterine life. They can be identified during pregnancy, at birth and at times, detected only later. Birth defects may be caused by one or more genetic, infectious, nutritional or environmental factors and are one of the most important causes of newborn and childhood deaths, chronic illness and disability.

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