Birth Defects: A Review on Global Action Plans on Maternal and Child Health Care

Siti Syairah Mohd Mutalip; Sharaniza Ab Rahim; Mohd Hamim Rajikin

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Birth Defects: A Review on Global Action Plans on Maternal and Child Health Care

Siti Syairah Mohd Mutalip, Sharaniza Ab Rahim, Mohd Hamim Rajikin

Published in Journal of Family Medicine and Health Care (Volume 3, Issue 3)

Received: 20 April 2017 Accepted: 5 May 2017 Published: 31 October 2017

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Abstract

Increasing cases of birth defects has been a worldwide problem for decades. According to the available reports, most of the birth defects were induced by exogenous factors including environmental, chemical or physical factors. As most of these problems are life-threatening and might cause lifelong disability, the concern on reducing the incidences of birth defects has been proportionally increased. This has demand for a global action plan to decrease the preventable birth defects. Present paper intended to provide a review on the global action plans through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were set by the United Nations (UN) in relation to reducing the occurrences of birth defects.

Published in	Journal of Family Medicine and Health Care (Volume 3, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.jfmhc.20170303.13
Page(s)	56-62
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2017. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Birth Defects, Maternal Health, Pregnancy, Child Care, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Siti Syairah Mohd Mutalip, Sharaniza Ab Rahim, Mohd Hamim Rajikin. Birth Defects: A Review on Global Action Plans on Maternal and Child Health Care. J Fam Med Health Care. 2017;3(3):56-62. doi: 10.11648/j.jfmhc.20170303.13

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Siti Syairah Mohd Mutalip

Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Puncak Alam Campus, Selangor, Malaysia
Sharaniza Ab Rahim

Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sg. Buloh Campus, Selangor, Malaysia
Mohd Hamim Rajikin

Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sg. Buloh Campus, Selangor, Malaysia

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