About World
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Held every 3rd day of March, WorldBDday is a global campaign to raise awareness on birth defects and expand birth defects surveillance, prevention, care, and research worldwide. The event was launched on March 3, 2015 by a consortium of twelve international organizations which include the March of Dimes and the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research (ICBDSR) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC). This is in response to the 2010 World Health Assembly resolution (EB126.R6) urging member states to raise awareness and develop programs for the prevention and care of birth defects.
World Birth Defects Day is grounded on five goals namely:
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WorldBDDay Philippines
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During the launch of World Birth Defects Day last year, the Philippines' participation was initiated by VYLH-Philippines as it joined and promoted the World Birth Defects Day Thunderclap. This act helped in placing the Philippines among the 34 identified countries where supporters of the social media campaign came.
This 2016, the ICBDSR coordinated with UP Manila Chancellor Dr. Carmencita Padilla and suggested the inclusion of representative agencies to the global partners of WorldBDDay, including VYLH-Philippines. With this, the WorldBDDay-Philippines Secretariat was formed by the collaboration of three organizations and the Newborn Screening Centers (NSCs) in the country:
Partners from different government agencies, non-government and student organizations have also formally agreed to support the WorldBDday campaign in the Philippines. |