Why are Birth Defects Surveillance Programs Important?

• Débora Gusmão Melo,
• Maria Teresa Vieira Sanseverino,
• Maria Teresa Vieira Sanseverino,
• Thanyse de Oliveira Schmalfuss,
• Mariela Larrandaburu

Affiliations

Débora Gusmão Melo

Department of Medicine, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, Brazil

Maria Teresa Vieira Sanseverino

School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Maria Teresa Vieira Sanseverino

Medical Genetics Service, Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Thanyse de Oliveira Schmalfuss

School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil

Mariela Larrandaburu

Disability and Rehabilitation Program, Ministry of Public Health of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay