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Imagine a job where you’re required to make precise measurements (to the tenth of a millimeter) and if they’re not accurate a pregnant person may be misinformed about their baby’s chance of having Down Syndrome.

BORN is hiring a permanent, full time KT Specialist! Great opportunity to develop knowledge translation strategies & approaches to assist in uptake and evaluation of evidence-based practice in perinatal healthcare.

Check out this report that summarizes BORN’s Top 5 learnings about the effects of COVID-19 on pregnant individuals and their newborns. Recommendations for future infectious disease outbreaks or pandemics are also included. 

Data from the BORN Information System was recently used to explore temporal trends and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine coverage and series initiation during pregnancy in Ontario from December 2020 to December 2021

The BORN Ontario and Prenatal Screening Ontario offices are observing a slowdown period for the holiday season and will be closed December 26^th – January 2^nd.  Phone calls or emails received during this time will be addressed when we return on January 3^rd, 2022.

The Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) Ontario is looking for community members to join our Health Equity Advisory Group (HEAG)!

To express interest, you can complete this survey OR send us a letter, video or audio file expressing interest by December 2, 2022.

Although rare, some newborns who appear healthy at birth have serious, even life-threatening conditions. Newborn screening, a simple blood test administered shortly after birth, evaluates babies for a panel of over 25 treatable diseases.