National Birth Defects Awareness Month (January 2024)
Quick facts When is it? Every January It's also known as... National Birth Defects Prevention Month Tagged as Body & Health Charity Children Health care What are the hashtags? #AcrossTheLifespan #BirthDefects #NationalBirthDefectsAwarenessMonth #NationalBirthDefectsPreventionMonth Have we missed something? Each day, hundreds of thousands of babies are born all around the globe! Parents are delighted when children who arrive into the world Health y and happy – but sometimes it doesn’t happen quite that way. In fact, it is estimated that up to 8 million newborn babies every year enter the world with some sort of birth defect. This could range from something fairly minor to a life-threatening problem, but 90% of these birth defects take place in low- to middle-income areas of the world. National Birth Defects Awareness Month is here to raise awareness about these issues and also work toward better care, highlighting the efforts that can help with prevention...