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World Health Organization’s (WHO) Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Scientist Dr. Ayesha Mariette De Costa delivers the keynote address, stressing the importance of a comprehensive newborn screening, the need for surveillance of birth defects, and the importance of evidence-based medicine for program planning and creating guidelines for screening and management.