Infant mortality due to congenital malformation in Argentina (1998-2009): temporal and spatial analysis of neonatal and postneonatal components

BRONBERG R; GILI J,; CHAVES E, ; DIPIERRI J.

COMMUNITY GENETICS

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Año: 2013 vol. 4 p. 507 - 515

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The World Health Assembly (WHO 2010) approved a resolution that called on member states to ?prevent birth defects wherever possible, to implement screening programs, and to provide ongoing support and care to children with birth defects and their families.? A resolution was adopted to help redress the limited focus to date on preventing and managing birth defects, especially in low- and middle-income countries.As etiologies differ, infant mortality (IM) was decomposed into two components, the neonatal one covering the first 28 days of life and the postneonatal component comprising the remainder of the first year of life. The neonatal component is preferentially associated with endogenous causes (premature birth, birth sequels, or genetic disorders, among others), and the postneonatal component is concomitant with exogenous factors (infectious diseases, diarrhea, etc.) (Celton and Ribotta 2004).