As the Sustainable Development Goals are adopted by United Nations member states,
children with congenital disorders remain left behind in policies, programs, research, and …

The 20th century witnessed great advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of
birth defects and developmental disabilities and in the quality of life and life expectancy in …

Birth defects are a major cause of mortality among children under five. In accordance with its
mission, the March of Dimes Foundation is dedicated to reducing the toll of birth defects on …

(GBD) study reports that the number of child and adolescent deaths worldwide was
approximately halved, from 14.2 million in 1990 to 7.3 million in 2015. 1 This achievement …

World Birth Defects Day aims to change the lives of people living with birth defects
(congenital anomalies) and to promote primary prevention wherever possible. Annually, an …

Developmental disabilities (DD) or neurodevelopmental disabilities (includes intellectual
disability (ID)) are a diverse group of chronic disorders (Table 1) that begin at any time …

As many pediatricians are aware (indeed, many of you are responsible!), the lives of
significantly more than a million young children were saved last year as a direct result of …

Although great advances have been made over the past several decades in improving the
overall health and well‐being of Americans, reversals are apparent in various health …

2. List the seven leading causes of childhood deaths worldwide and the interventions
recommended by international guidelines to prevent these deaths. 3. Be aware of the …

This report is the first to provide global estimates of birth prevalence for serious birth defects
of genetic or partially genetic origin. The report has 3 major parts. The first is the main body …