Reaching Great Heights – Wanessa’s Story Wanessa, is 12-year-old girl who is full of joy and life. We view her diagnosis of Down syndrome as a gift and an advantage in life, which does not limit her in any way. Wanessa’s dictionary does not include the words “I can’t”. Perserverence, a key feature of Down …
How the Nobel Medical College in Nepal participated in WBDD for 2021: Organizing a Continuing Medical Education (CME) program within the OB/GYN department Cross-sectional study Case of Down Syndrome Participating in the “I Care” campaign:
How the National Program for Birth Defects Prevention of Paraguay participated in WBDD for 2021: Participation in the WBDD “I care” campaign Preparation of answers for the Twitter Chat of @nacersano Sharing a message everyday on Twitter about birth defects (in reference to the ECLAMC decalogue) Sharing WBDD images, posters, and workshops that will be …
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How the Birth Defects and Childhood Disability Research Centre of Pune, India participated in WBDD for 2021: Published the WBDD Logo on the homepage of the Birth Defects and Childhood Disability Research Centre at: https://www.birthdefectsindia.com/ Published the WBDD Logo on their most recent statistics for birth defects and developmental disabilities in India at: https://www.birthdefectsindia.com/Statistics-BD-and-DD.pdf Key …
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How the Tuscany Registry of Congenital Defects (Registro Toscano Difetti Congeniti) participated in WBDD for 2021: Published the WBDD Logo on the homepage of the Tuscany Registry of Congenital Defects at: http://www.rtdc.it Sent email on how to observe WBDD to the mailing list of the Tuscany Registry of Congenital Defects Sent email on how to …
The Latin American Center for Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health (CLAP) of PAHO published an article to their website including 3 stories from 3 children with 3 different birth defects: Grazi from Brazil, who has Congenital Zika Syndrome Karidad from Dominican Republic, with spina bifida and Sofia from Argentina, who was born with a congenital …
The Global Health Network hosted a webinar to observe World Birth Defects Day 2020. Check out their flyer!
The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research in India published a booklet on birth defects for parents and the public, as part of thesis work and dissertation of Dr. Alka. Check out the English and Hindi versions of the booklets below! English version Hindi version
Agencia Sanitaria Alto Guadalquivir participated in Word Birth Defects Day 2020 by holding a professional conference about birth defects prevention and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder at Hospital de Montilla. Check out the conference details in the link below! Charla informativa sobre Defectos Congénitos y Trastornos del Espectro Alcohólico Fetal
En julio del 2010 quede embarazada, todo iba bien hasta que en la semana 34 de embarazo me detectan liquido amniótico aumentado, yo me atendía en una salita de barrio hasta ese momento no me decía nada la obstetra, un médico particular llamado warton, me mando hacer un scan fetal, de ahí solo se detecta …