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of new vaccines against rubella (German measles) and Rh blood incompatibility disease. Both are major causes of birth defects.
Progress if} Prevention
Other preventive methods used in the struggle against birth defects include genetic counseling and new techniques for diagnosing some defects in the unborn child. Surgery on newborn babies is becoming more and more successful in correcting life-threatening malformations.
The task of preventing birth defects is still an awesome one, but concerned women throughout the country are making it possible for the March of Dimes to help children born handicapped lead happy, useful lives. “More important," says Jane Wyatt, “they are leading the fight to prevent birth defects from striking children yet unborn. They march to bring hope to future generations and help to those who need it now.”
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