Burden and consequence of birth defects in Nepal-evidence from prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Prajwal Paudel (Author), Avinash K. Sunny (Author), Rejina Gurung (Author), Abhishek Gurung (Author), Honey Malla (Author), Netra B. Rana (Author), Nawaraj KC (Author), Ram Narayan Chaudhary (Author), Ashish KC (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Every year an estimated 7.9 million babies are born with birth defect. Of these babies, more than 3 million die and 3.2 million have disability. Improving nationwide information on prevalence of birth defect, risk factor and consequence is required for better resource allocation...