National Public Health Week 2018: Changing our Future Together

Lisa Splitlog

2018-04-02

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Helping Babies Breathe in Tanzania

Janee Perry

2017-12-06

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Working Together to End Maternal Mortality

Claire Stinson

2017-11-15

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Food Fortification Initiative Helps Protect Children from Birth Defects

Juliana Auma Okoth

2017-09-27

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Newborn Screening Test for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

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Sara Sandlin
Chronic Disease & Birth Defects
Maternal and Child Health
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Newborn Screening Test for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
CDC's Division of Laboratory Sciences
Biogen MA Inc.
United States of America
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To facilitate collaborative development of a newborn bloodspot screening test to detect the genetic lesions that cause spinal muscular atrophy. The test will be designed to use in public health newborn screening laboratories.
Birth Defects

Show Your Love App Provides Essential Health Information to Women Before Pregnancy

Each year, about 1 in every 33 babies born in the United States is affected by a birth defect, a leading cause of death in the first year of life according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To address this problem, the CDC Foundation today announced a new preconception health app that will help women of reproductive age explore how to protect their health and the health of babies they may give birth to in the future.
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Pregnancy, Environmental and Lifestyle Study

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Environmental Health
Maternal and Child Health
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Pregnancy, Environmental and Lifestyle Study
CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
United States of America
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To investigate how health, environment and lifestyle factors relate to healthy pregnancy and delivery.
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health
Pregnancy

Thankful

Judy Monroe, MD

2016-11-16

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Raising Felix

Terri Heyns, MA

2016-11-10

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