Risk factors for major external structural birth defects among children in Kiambu County, Kenya: a case-control study

Name	World Continuing Education Alliance
Activity Title	Risk factors for major external structural birth defects among children in Kiambu County, Kenya: a case-control study
Details	Worldwide, an estimated 7.9 million children are born every year with a birth defect of which approximately 3.3 million die before age five and around 3.2 million could be physically disabled for life. Organogenesis occurs in the first eight weeks of gestation; however, approximately half of pregnancies are usually unplanned/unintended, thus not recognized until the end of the second trimester. Maternal residence at conception is similarly a significant predictor of MESBDs determined by environmental etiology attributed to widespread poverty, environmental pollution, inadequate health care services, and ineffective preventive strategies; factors largely found in developing countries. To our knowledge, many studies on the risk factors have been published in developed countries, however, such publications are scanty in developing countries owing to the rarity of the defects, unplanned/unintended pregnancies, and difficulties in identifying these women until the end of the second trimeste.
Competence	Public Health
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Event Time	06:30 PM
Location	World Continuing Education Alliance eLearning System
Cost (UGX)	0
CPD Points	1