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WASHINGTON (AP) - About 8 million children worldwide are born every year with serious birth defects, many of them dying before age 5 in a toll largely hidden from view, the March of Dimes says.
Most birth defects occur in poor countries, where babies can languish with problems easily fixed or even prevented in wealthier nations, according to research released Monday by the organization.
But the researchers said some innovative programs in Iran and Chile show that effective preventions don't have to be costly.
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