Report: International Conference on Birth Defects and Disabilities in the Developing World

Abstract

As nurses are often the first health care professionals to detect any birth difect, or any family in need of genetic counseling, they need to be knowledgable about international developments in this field. No report can do justice to the proceedings of any international conference, this is merely an effort to share some of the author's experiences and perceptions during the conference with other health care workers and researchers. References and web sites are supplied for interested readers to broaden their knowledge about genetics, and/or about specific birth difects.