Laws

State Law OGCA 31-1-3.2

Laws regarding newborn hearing screening.

State Law OGCA 31-12-2

Law regarding reporting of notifiable diseases.

Rule of Department of Human Resources, Chapter 290-5-3-.02

Reporting of notifiable diseases/conditions.

Rule 290-5-24

Reporting of metabolic disorder.

Risk Factors and Prevention

National Folic Acid Campaign

Provides resources regarding folic acid and the National Folic Acid Campaign

Georgia Folic Acid Campaign

The goal of the Georgia Folic Acid Campaign is to improve the health of women, babies and children through increased folic acid consumption.

General Birth Defects Information

CDC National Center on Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities

Dedicated to promoting the health of babies, children, and adults, and enhance the potential for full, productive living.

CDC Office of Genomics & Disease Prevention

This site provides information about human genomic discoveries & how they can be used to improve health & prevent disease. It also provides links to CDC wide activities in public health genomics across the lifespan.

National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center

The National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center web site: GeNeS-R-US, (Genetic and Newborn Screening Resource Center of the United States). Provides information and resources in the area of newborn screening and genetics to benefit health professionals, the public health community, consumers and government officials.

Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program

The program monitors all major birth defects in five counties of the metropolitan Atlanta area (Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett) with approximately 50,000 annual births from a population of about 2.9 million. An estimated 3.3% of births each year have a major birth defect. It has also provided the capacity to conduct epidemiologic studies to examine etiologic factors contributing to birth defects. MACDP acts as the model for many state-based programs and as a resource for the development of uniform methods and approaches to birth defect surveillance.

National Birth Defects Prevention Network

The National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) is a group of individuals involved in birth defects surveillance, research, and prevention

March of Dimes

The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality. We carry out this mission through research, community services, education and advocacy to save babies' lives. March of Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birthweight.