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Here is the 2026 World Birth Defects Day Toolkit: English, Spanish

WBDD Resources

Consider sharing some of these resources on your social media channels:
Download in formats for Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Image (illustration) gallery of selected birth defects

MotherToBaby is hosting a bilingual World Birth Defects Day Twitter Chat on March 3rd at 8amPT/11amET.
To participate, simply follow the #WorldBDday hashtag on Twitter, re-tweet @MotherToBaby's tweets and/or send out your own tweets that include the #WorldBDday hashtag in each one.

Mother to Baby Flyer, World Birth Defects Day Twitter Chat<br /> with partner logos

WBDD 2026 Activities and Events:

Tuesday, March 3rd @ 12pm EST

In recognition of World Birth Defects Day, MotherToBaby/OTIS invites healthcare professionals to join them for a FREE webinar: Assisted Reproduction and Birth Defects Risk Presented by Sarah Običan, MD.

Pre-registration is required. Sign up using this link!

Mother to Baby Flyer, World Birth Defects Day Twitter Chat<br /> with partner logos

MotherToBaby has also published a World Birth Defects Day-themed podcast episode highlighting the role pregnancy study participation plays in reducing the prevalence of birth defects rates world-wide.  Please listen and share the lastest episode (#53) with your networks and community partners!  Click here to listen.

Birth defects matter across the globe!                                                     

Let’s show our support for birth defects tracking, research and prevention!
1. Download and print the “Birth defects matter” sign;
2. Fill out your country in the blank line and then write why you care about birth defects prevention and research; and
3. Post a picture holding it including #WorldBDDay and #ManyBirthDefects1Voice.

Download the “Birth defects matter” sign.
Instructions are available in English and Spanish (A4 size, letter size).

Examples of people holding the sign             Example of the signs

In collaboration with Teratology Society, MotherToBaby, and The North American AED Pregnancy Registry, NBDPN would like to present this video for World Birth Defects Day. Every year, millions of babies around the world are born with a serious birth defect. In many countries, birth defects are one of the leading causes of death in babies and young children. The goal of World Birth Defects Day is to expand birth defects surveillance, prevention, care, and research worldwide.

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