Department of Public and Global Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
Pan Afr Med J. 2024 Aug 5;48:150. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2024.48.150.44701. eCollection 2024.
Despite the notable gains that have been realized in reversing perinatal, neonatal, and childhood morbidity and mortality, insignificant actions on birth defects undermine the desired outcomes. A yearly upward trend of birth defects (44.04-205.28 per 100,000 livebirths) between 2014 and 2018 attributed to known genetic, unknown multifactorial inheritance, and socio-demographic environmental factors, with an estimated unit economic cost of $ 1,139.73 for outpatient services was observed in Kiambu County, Kenya. Thus, interventions anchored on social health insurance would suffice.
尽管在降低围产期、新生儿和儿童发病率和死亡率方面取得了显著进展，但在出生缺陷方面的行动不足，破坏了预期的结果。2014 年至 2018 年期间，肯尼亚基安布县出生缺陷呈逐年上升趋势（每 10 万例活产儿中有 44.04-205.28 例），原因是已知的遗传因素、未知的多因素遗传和社会人口环境因素，估计门诊服务的单位经济成本为 1139.73 美元。因此，基于社会健康保险的干预措施就足够了。
