The most common birth defects in southeast Asia region, including Nepal, are heart defects, neural tube defects and Down’s syndrome, with the most severe defects occurring in middle and low resource settings, said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for southeast Asia.“Birth defects are a major cause of still-births and neonatal mortality. Those who survive birth defects often suffer long-term disability. These deaths and life-long sufferings cause untold miseries to individuals and families, and have negative socio-economic consequences,” she said in a press statement issued on the occasion of World Birth Defects Day today. World Birth Defects Day comes amid the global spotlight on Zika virus disease and its strongly suspected causal relation with clusters of microcephaly and other neurological abnormalities.Microcephaly is one of many birth defects.Globally, 1 in 33 newborns have birth defects and an estimated 2,76, 000 babies die within the first month as a result of them. Yet, birth defects remain under-recognised,
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