National registry of congenital anomalies of the Czech Republic: commemorating 50 years of the official registration

Abstract

The National Registry of Congenital Anomalies (NRCA) of the (former) Czechoslovak Republic started the regular monitoring of congenital anomalies on the 1st January 1964. The official registration followed up the three years long era of unofficial registration process that was set up by MD Jiri Kucera in Prague.

The continual monitoring in the Czech Republic therefore lasts for half a century this year.

Keywords

• congenital anomalies
• surveillance
• teratogens
• ICBDSR
• EUROCAT
• rare diseases