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Today is World #BirthDefects Day
Most birth defects can be prevented and treated with access to quality maternal and newborn care services. Yet, close to 300000 newborns 👶 die within 4 weeks of birth every year due to birth defects.

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It's World #BirthDefects Day

The most common birth defects are:
🔸Congenital heart defects
🔸Neural tube defects
🔸Down syndrome
🔸Hemoglobin disorders (thalassemia and sickle cell disease)
🔸G6PD deficiency (Glucose -6-phosphate dehydrogenase)

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When a baby is born with #BirthDefects, receiving the right care as soon as possible gives them the best chance at life. This care can include:
🔸 Detection
🔸 Safe transport
🔸 Referral to specialized care
🔸 Paediatric surgery
🔸 Follow-up
🔸 Rehabilitation and support
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Babies born with #BirthDefects are at risk of death and lifelong disability. Identifying 👶🏾👶🏼 with birth defects can help them receive the care they need.

A 🆕 guide provides practical tools for tracking birth defects:
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#BirthDefects affect 3-6% of 👶🏾👶🏼 around the 🌏.
A 🆕 resource for global birth defects tracking includes a Quick Reference Handbook for frontline healthcare providers:
👉 bit.ly/2VpmwFx
The most common #BirthDefects are:
🔺Congenital heart defects
🔺Neural tube defects
🔺Down syndrome
🔺Hemoglobin disorders (thalassemia and sickle cell disease)
🔺G6PD deficiency (Glucose -6-phosphate dehydrogenase)

bit.ly/2IViHo6
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ATTN #CBD stakeholders: @US_FDA today holding scientific conf. on CBD/other #cannabinoids. I'll be live tweeting throughout. Not sure we'll get much insight on immediate path forward for consumer products but I'll share noteworthy observations. Agenda: bit.ly/3pHXU8V
I'll be paying particular attention to @DrAbernethyFDA's remarks at 9:05a (head of #FDA's #CBD Policy Working Group) and @DThrockmortonMD's keynote at 9:15a (one of Agency's principals for regulating R&D, manufacture & marketing of #cannabis & cannabis-derived #drug products).
And we're underway! First up is Kaveeta Vasisht, MD, PharmD. Associate Commissioner for Women’s
Health and Director, Office of Women’s Health, FDA. She's noting ubiquity of #CBD products in marketplace, many of which are targeted to #women.
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