Global Birth Defects

Through an app & resources, improving birth defect surveillance systems in low-resource areas.

[Global Birth Defects @GlobalBirthDfx]

We are delighted that there is a new Digital Adaption Kit for Birth Defects Surveillance just released by the World Health Organisation.  Learn more about the DAK at https://t.co/udCWhYxqNf

[Global Birth Defects @GlobalBirthDfx]

AI assisted echocardiography to facilitate optimal image extraction for diagnosis of congenital heart defects in Sub-Saharan Africa - Please complete our survey!
The survey is open to all healthcare professionals, irrespective of field and specialty: https://t.co/8eLtR2zL7W

[Global Birth Defects @GlobalBirthDfx]

Action against birth defects: if not now, when?
Surveillance, prevention & providing care for children with birth defects are important strategies to reach the SDG child survival targets and align with the SDG commitment to equity to “leave no one behind”.
https://t.co/PQ4IjuLOCK

[Global Birth Defects @GlobalBirthDfx]

Watch our new feedback videos about the ease of use of the Global Birth Defects App in South Africa - https://t.co/l0e3Vw6dTO

[Global Birth Defects @GlobalBirthDfx]

Conference of Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery - register here - https://t.co/nlqcWPTYed

[Global Birth Defects @GlobalBirthDfx]

Register here for the sSCAN webinar - https://t.co/Bg5KKW1ppG

[Global Birth Defects @GlobalBirthDfx]

On World Birth Defects Day, March 3, representatives of the new subSaharan Congenital Anomaly Network (sSCAN) are at the International Conference for Birth Defects in Developing Countries, being held in Chile. @DCarolineosoro

[Global Birth Defects @GlobalBirthDfx]

Today is World Birth Defects Day. We're pleased that @DCarolineosoro is at the Intl Conference for Birth Defects in Developing Countries in Chile talking to delegates inc @IQICforCHD about the Global Birth Defects App & the need to reinforce birth defects surveillance & research

[Global Birth Defects @GlobalBirthDfx]

We are delighted that our work, published in Birth Defects Research, 'Global birth defects app: An innovative tool for describing and coding congenital anomalies at birth in low resource settings', has been classed as a #TopCitedArticle by the publication https://t.co/ai3paK6Etb

[Global Birth Defects @GlobalBirthDfx]

JUST PUBLISHED - A population-based matched cohort study of major congenital anomalies following COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection - Read the article https://t.co/bpleRXC54e -

[Global Birth Defects @GlobalBirthDfx]

Brazil conducts nationwide training using the Global Birth Defects app - find out more in our news section https://t.co/D5di6AoJ9V

[Global Birth Defects @GlobalBirthDfx]

Neural Tube Defects in sub-Saharan Africa sSCAN seminar 12 October 2pm (London) - Register at https://t.co/WOe1cZLYvi

[EUROmediCAT @euromedicat]

In our new paper, published in the International Breastfeeding Journal, we argue that lack of BF data in population DBs is an information desert hampering our ability to research the impact of medicines taken during and after pregnancy on neurodevelopment https://t.co/pA0JREgrLm

[Global Birth Defects @GlobalBirthDfx]

Why does it take so long to study new HIV drugs for pregnant and breastfeeding women? Read more in the new @jiasociety supplement https://t.co/tV2o3LdH3e #HIVresearch #AIDS2022 @WHO @IMPAACTnetwork @Unitaid

[EUROlinkCAT @EUROlinkCAT]

We will be presenting findings from our European project at our conference next week (7-8 April).

All talks and panel discussions will be held online. You can find out more here: https://t.co/XfjLJdvxzX

Hope to see you there!

#congenitalanomalies #birthdefects

[EUROmediCAT @euromedicat]

New Publication:
COVID‐19 in pregnancy—what study designs can we use to assess the risk of congenital anomalies in relation to COVID‐19 disease, treatment and vaccination? - Dolk - - Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/WMOZD7URDm

[Anita Kar @kar_anita]

World Birth Defects Day -- in countries where health care is not universal, we need to promote birth defects services as a component of a childhood disability service that can cater to many congenital conditions
#WBD2022 @ICBDSR @AlarcosC @GlobalBirthDfx @SalimahWalani

[Salimah Walani سلیمہ ؤالانی @SalimahWalani]

#WorldBDDay Thank you @WHO for your commitment to #BirthDefects #ManyBirthDefects1Voice

[Esther M. Masika @MwendeMasika]

It's world birth defects day! #worldbdday #ManyBirthDefects1Voice

[PAHO/WHO @pahowho]

DYK Birth defects 👶🏽🤱 are a leading cause of neonatal and infant death in Latin America and the Caribbean, second only to prematurity

🌎 We are asking countries to develop surveillance and monitoring programs for anomalies

ℹ️ +INFO at: https://t.co/j3TRCDKaj6

#WorldBDday