Transcription of Birth defects - WHO
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SIXTY-THIRD WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY A63/10 Provisional agenda item 1 April 2010 Birth defects Report by the Secretariat 1. The report aims to inform the discussion on Birth defects , including definition, epidemiology, burden of disease and interventions for prevention and care, as well as indications of how these interventions might be integrated into existing health services. An earlier version of this report was considered by the Executive Board at its 126th session,1 following which the Board adopted resolution DEFINITION 2. The International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, tenth revision (ICD-10), includes Birth defects in Chapter XVII: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities.
Abnormal levels of biochemical markers are also associated with fetal structural defects such as Down syndrome, neural tube defects and open ventral wall defects. The . A63/10 3 detection rate of congenital disorders in the first trimester through biochemical screening is improved
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