PMID: 9656742Jul 10, 1998Paper

Prevention of neural tube defects. An important health and social problem

Przegla̧d lekarski
J Czochańska, M Lech

Abstract

Central neural system congenital malformations in the form of neural tube defects (ntd) belong to the most common diseases leading to very serious childrens' disability and mortality. As it has been calculated, the number of children affected with ntd, delivered in Poland every year is in the range of 800-1150. Children with encephalocele participate in this number in app. 50%. As it has been found, morbidity and mortality caused by the ntd remain high and stable in Poland for the last 20 years. In the view of very limited possibilities of the treatment offered by health services, prophylactic measures remain the best methods for limitation of the problem. The primary prevention of ntd was discovered in late seventies. It has been found that folic acid added to the diet of women in the reproductive age reduced number of children born with ntd by 70%. Authors present the Programme of Primary Prevention of ntd in Poland. This Programme has been incorporated in the National Programme of Health for the Nation 1996-2005.

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