National Birth Defects Awareness Month
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Position your healthcare, wellness, or nonprofit brand as a partner in birth defect prevention and maternal health advocacy during January's awareness month.
- Share expert tips on prenatal nutrition and folic acid supplementation to prevent birth defects
- Highlight your organization's charitable initiatives or partnerships supporting pregnant women and families affected by birth defects
- Feature patient stories and testimonials from families navigating birth defect diagnoses and treatment
- Promote volunteer opportunities and donation drives for maternal health nonprofits and community health centers
National Birth Defects Awareness Month got its start several years ago and is supported and sponsored by a variety of different organizations who are working hard to promote healthy children all over the world.
Some of these include the National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Women, Infants and Children program (WIC) and a range of others. In addition, many medical professionals, health care providers, and community support groups are involved with the event.
Sometimes called National Birth Defects Prevention Month, each year the 31-day event comes along with a theme that encourages the observance to focus on a particular topic. Past themes have included topics such as:
Help Prevent Birth Defects
Even those who are not pregnant or don’t plan to be can still get involved! One excellent way to celebrate National Birth Defects Awareness Month might be to help out a charity that is striving to promote healthy births. For some, this might mean volunteering at a community health center by educating or assisting with pregnant women. For others, this may mean making a donation to a charity that helps to support pregnant women in need.