Registration open to IF’s 23rd International Conference "Finding Our Way"
IF and The National Association for Disabled Children and Youths in Sweden (RBU) welcome you to IF’s 23rd International Conference taking place in Stockholm on June 15–16, 2012. Registration for this event is now open. Since 1979, IF, in collaboration with its members, had the tradition to bring together stakeholders from different disciplines, backgrounds and countries to make the point on the advancements related to research, studies and care regarding Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.
Training Workshop on Surveillance and Prevention of Birth Defects and Preterm Births
The WHO Departments of Reproductive Health and Research and Nutrition for Health and Development in collaboration with the International Clearinghouse of Birth Defects Surveillance and Research and the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are convening a training workshop on Surveillance and Prevention of Birth Defects and Preterm Births in Geneva, Switzerland from 15 to 19 October 2012. This training workshop will include focused lectures and practical small group sessions.
Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth
Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth provides the first-ever national, regional and global estimates of preterm birth. This inspiring report is a joint effort of almost 50 international, regional and national organizations including Flour Fortification Initiative (FFI), a partner of IF in flour fortification. The report shows the extent to which preterm birth is on the rise in most countries, and is now the second leading cause of death globally for children under five, after pneumonia. Addressing preterm birth is now an urgent priority for reaching Millennium Development Goal 4, which calls for the reduction of child deaths by two-thirds by 2015.
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