The National Center for Maternal and Child Health is now equipped with the latest technology for advanced prenatal screening to identify birth defects.

Before the arrival of the new diagnostic equipment, it was difficult to accurately diagnose birth defects in the early months of pregnancy. But now, birth defects can be diagnosed in the first three months of pregnancy at the National Center for Maternal and Child Health.

Worldwide, it is estimated that most birth defects can develop in the first three months of a pregnancy. The cause of half of all birth defects which develop during pregnancy are unknown, while 25 percent are the result of genetic disorders. Environment, drug use, and some medications are also believed to be factors.

One study has shown that in 2014, birth defects occurred in 2.7 percent of all pregnancies in Mongolia. Researchers believe that there has been an increased number of birth defects due to air pollution and drug use in recent years.

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