Public Health Grand Rounds Presents “Global Prevention of Neural Tube Defects,” on Tuesday, October 17 at 1:00 p.m. (ET).

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Join us for the October session of Public Health Grand Rounds, “Global Prevention of Neural Tube Defects.” This session will be available via live webcast from CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. (ET). Open captions are provided.

Neural tube defects are serious birth defects of the brain and spine. They are a major cause of death and lifelong disability worldwide. Up to 85 percent of neural tube defects can be prevented if women consume enough folic acid before and during early pregnancy. But worldwide only 15 percent of neural tube defects are prevented.

Join us for this session of Public Health Grand Rounds as experts discuss how fortifying grains with folic acid could prevent these defects. Hear about the challenges and opportunities for these efforts.

Email your questions about this topic before or during the session.

CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds Presents:

“Global Prevention of Neural Tube Defects”

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET

Global Communications Center (Building 19)

Alexander D. Langmuir Auditorium

Roybal Campus 

Presented By:

Krista Crider, PhD

Geneticist

Prevention Research and Translation Branch

Division of Congenital and Developmental Disorders

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

“Birth Defects COUNT Global Initiative”

Scott Montgomery

Director

Food Fortification Initiative (FFI)

“Fortifying Grains with Folic Acid to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Success and Opportunities”

Erin Smith, MPH

Country Director

Helen Keller International, Tanzania

“Maize Fortification with Small and Medium Scale Processors in Tanzania”

Neena Raina, PhD

Coordinator

Health through the Life Course

South-East Asia Regional Office for WHO (WHO-SEARO)

“Birth Defects Surveillance and Prevention in South-East Asia: A Way Forward”

   

Facilitated By:

John Iskander, MD, MPH, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

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A live webcast will be available on our website.  The link will be live five minutes before the presentation. View our sessions on our archive page at your convenience. Sessions are archived 3-4 days after each presentation.

For non-CDC staff who want to attend in person:

Non-CDC staff must have prior security clearance. US citizens must submit a request to the Grand Rounds Team.  A US state-issued photo ID (e.g., driver’s license, US passport) is required.

Non-US citizens must submit their requests 20 days prior to the session to the Grand Rounds Team, and additional information will be required.

For individuals requiring reasonable accommodations:

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Target audience: physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, pharmacists, veterinarians, certified health education specialists, laboratorians, and others.

Objectives:

1. List key measures of burden of disease involving morbidity, mortality, and/or cost.
2. Describe evidence-based preventive interventions and the status of their implementations.
3. Identify one key prevention science research gap.
4. Name one key indicator by which progress and meeting prevention goals is measured.

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Learn more about continuing education on the Grand Rounds website.