Abstract
Tackling the rising birth defects in India demands an in-depth knowledge on inadequacies in health policies and health care provision in India. This review provides an understanding on the status of congenital disorders in India; the incidence and prevalence rates, contributing factors, fallacies in existing genetic services and impediments limiting community genetic services in India. The literature review for this article included a systemic search of scientific publications using Pub Med, Google Scholar, and Web of Knowledge by using the following keywords: “Genetic disorders, ” “Congenital anomalies, ” “Birth defects” and “Genetic services”. This was combined with a manual review of published articles an. Abstracts from national and international meetings, discussions and conferences.
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