Congenital disorders: epidemiological methods for answering calls for action

Affiliations

¹ WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Genetics, Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education (CHIME), University College London, London, UK.
² WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Genetics, Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education (CHIME), University College London, London, UK. m.darlison@ucl.ac.uk.
³ School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁴ PHG Foundation, 2 Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK.
⁵ Maternal Adolescent Reproductive and Child Health Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁶ Maternal and Child Health, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
⁷ Department of Health Protection and Promotion, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.

Editorial

Bernadette Modell et al. J Community Genet. 2018 Oct.

. 2018 Oct;9(4):335-340.

doi: 10.1007/s12687-018-0390-4. Epub 2018 Sep 19.

¹ WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Genetics, Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education (CHIME), University College London, London, UK.
² WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Genetics, Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education (CHIME), University College London, London, UK. m.darlison@ucl.ac.uk.
³ School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁴ PHG Foundation, 2 Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK.
⁵ Maternal Adolescent Reproductive and Child Health Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁶ Maternal and Child Health, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
⁷ Department of Health Protection and Promotion, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.

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