{"id":23549,"date":"2026-01-05T05:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T05:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/article70402726-ece\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T05:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T05:47:05","slug":"article70402726-ece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=23549","title":{"rendered":"Why awareness about folic acid to prevent spina bifida must become a public health priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1991, the fact that pre-conceptional intake of folic acid by women can prevent more than 70% of Spina Bifida cases has been known. Yet, 30 years later, India is one of the few countries where no meaningful efforts to create awareness about this intervention have been carried out, making it home to one of the highest prevalence rates of this condition in the world<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/why-awareness-about-folic-acid-to-prevent-spina-bifida-must-become-a-public-health-priority\/article70402726.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nRead full article at www.thehindu.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; color:#555;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not replace professional medical advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1991, the fact that pre-conceptional intake of folic acid by women can prevent more than 70% of Spina Bifida cases has been known. Yet, 30 years later, India is one of the few countries where no meaningful efforts to create awareness about this intervention have been carried out, making it home to one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[13639,10458,13641,13638,1775,2586,13642,13495,13640],"class_list":["post-23549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle","tag-acid","tag-awareness","tag-bifida","tag-folic","tag-health","tag-prevent","tag-priority","tag-public","tag-spina"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}