On World Birth Defects Day, India's congenital anomalies burden is spotlighted with roughly 472,000 affected births annually, ...

India faces a critical gap in tracking nearly 6 lakh babies born annually with congenital anomalies, as these conditions increasingly contribute to child mortality. To address this, Smile Train India ...

One in 44 children in India are affected by birth anomalies, and which contribute significantly to infant mortality, lifelong ...

India records nearly 26 million births annually, but without a unified tracking and response system, many babies born with ...

Every year, nearly 6 lakh babies in India are born with congenital anomalies. Yet, the country has no national registry to track them.With .

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], February 25: The 7th International Conference on Birth Defects (ICBD 2026), held in Pune served as a monumental gathering of national and level genetics experts dedicated ...

Two-thirds of women in their child-bearing years have an increased risk for birth defects due to a lifestyle factor they can change, a new study says. These risk factors -- low levels of vitamin B9 ...

According to WHO, 6 per cent of babies are born with birth defects worldwide. Birth defects are structural or functional defects that occur when babies are developing in the mother's womb. Some of ...

Planning a pregnancy is an exciting phase. But it is also a time to pause, prepare, and focus on your health. What many couples don’t realise is that a mother’s health before conception plays a major ...