China using technology to reduce high birth defects to zero


A nurse takes care of a newborn baby at Gansu Provincial Maternity and Childcare Hospital in Lanzhou. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING, Sept 14 (China Daily/ANN) - With China deploying more resources to facilitate technology innovation in healthcare sector to support the "Healthy China 2030" strategy, Beijing-based China Population Communication Center and its partners launched Zero Birth Defect Plan 2020 at China's birth defect prevention day on Saturday to further popularize the basic knowledge and skills of maternal and infant health care.

The Zero Birth Defect Plan 2020 – journey of a healthy pregnancy series science popularization and education activities, hosted by China Population Communication Center, undertaken by China Medicine Education Association and supported by Bayer Consumer Health was officially launched through live broadcasting on Xinhuanet.

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