A consensus statement on birth defects surveillance, prevention, and care in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Main Authors: Ignacio Zarante (Author), Paula Hurtado-Villa (Author), Salimah R. Walani (Author), Vijaya Kancherla (Author), Jorge López Camelo (Author), Roberto Giugliani (Author), Boris Groisman (Author), Christopher P. Howson (Author), Pablo Durán (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Birth defects contribute up to 21% of the mortality in those under 5 years of age in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and that burden has been compounded by the Zika virus epidemic. In 2001, the March of Dimes launched a series of biennial assemblies called the International Conference on Birt...