Birth Conditions and Birth Defects Monitoring

Birth defects affect one in every 33 newborns. Early intervention and treatment are critical to improved outcomes and establishing a profoundly better start in life for these children. And public health surveillance provides a vitally important mechanism to improve care and services for every family impacted.

What Does Birth Conditions and Birth Defects Monitoring Accomplish?

• Allows for cohesive monitoring and reporting of birth conditions/birth defects
• Collects newborn vital statistics and program data on birth defects and reportable birth conditions
• Tracks data on affected children and target populations
• Allows the clinician or public health staff to record case notes
• Records date of diagnosis and treatment type
• Correlates with International Classification of Disease (ICD) codes
• Generates individual patient reports