National Birth Defects Prevention Month and National Folic Acid Awareness Week.(Brief article)

From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | Date: January 5, 2007 | Copyright information

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month, and January 8-14 is National Folic Acid Awareness Week. Birth defects affect approximately one in 33 newborns in the United States. The cost of lifetime care for infants born in a single year with one or more of 17 severe birth defects has been estimated at $6 billion (1).

CDC has issued recommendations for all women and men of childbearing age to improve their health throughout their lifespans, especially if they are p...

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