ArticleJournal of environmental and public health2017
Uses, Limitations, and Validity of a Registry of Congenital Anomalies in Iran: A Critical Review.
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- Spatial Distribution and Birth Prevalence of Congenital Heart Disease in Iran: A Systematic Review and Hierarchical Bayesian Meta-analysis.International journal of health policy and management · 2024Pooled it
- Registries and surveillance models used to screen neonates for congenital anomalies in LMIC settings: a scoping review.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Congenital Anomalies in Iran.Archives of Iranian medicine · 2024Article
- Estimation of the preventable proportion of congenital anomalies by selected risk factors in mothers: A case study in Iran.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2019Article
- The Global Burden of Major Gastrointestinal Anomalies: A Global, Systematic Review of Gastrointestinal Anomaly Birth Prevalence.Sage open pediatricsReview
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsPreventive strategies of congenital anomalies are basically relying on the systematic ongoing collection and analysis of data and timely dissemination of information. The aim of this paper is to briefly report a critical review of a surveillance system of congenital anomalies in a developing country, by describing the challenges and experience of the registry since it began.
methodsTabriz Registry of Congenital Anomalies (TRoCA) was mainly set up based on the guidelines provided by the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research (ICBDSR) for data collection, coding, process, analysis, use, and evaluation of the system.
findingsTRoCA has successfully achieved its main objective as a pilot model for setting up a nationwide registry of congenital anomalies in the country. The programme has too succeeded in relation to its regional objectives: epidemiological rates and data have been produced consistently for etiological investigations, methodological studies, service provision, and preventive measures for selected anomalies.
conclusionsOur successful experience, as a small registry in a developing country, might be of interest and useful to practitioners, policymakers of birth defects control programmes, and mainly those willing to set up a monitoring system of congenital anomalies in similar areas.
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