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When your child has spina bifida

Spina bifida is a neural tube defect that occurs when a child's spine fails to develop fully in the womb so that a sac of fluid comes through an opening in the baby's back and damages the spinal cord.

It occurs during the first month of pregnancy and studies show that more than 100,000 new cases of Spina bifida occur annually in sub-Saharan Africa.

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