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To examine the impact of pre-pregnancy diabetes mellitus (DM) on the population birth prevalence of congenital anomalies in Canada.We carried out a population-based study of all women who delivered in Canadian hospitals (except those in the province of Quebec) between April 2002 and March 2013 and their live-born infants with a birth weight of 500 grams or more and/or a gestational age of 22 weeks or more. Pre-pregnancy type 1 or type 2 DM was identified using ICD-10 diagnostic codes. The association between DM and all congenital anomalies as well as specific congenital anomaly categories was estimated using adjusted odds ratios; the impact was calculated as a population attributable risk percent (PAR%).There were 118,892 infants with a congenital anomaly among 2,839,680 live births (41.9 per 1000). While the prevalence of any congenital anomaly declined from 50.7 per 1000 live births in 2002/03 to 41.5 per 1000 in 2012/13, the corresponding PAR% for a congenital anomaly related to pre-pregnancy DM rose from 0.6% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.4-0.8) to 1.2% (95% CI: 0.9-1.4). Specifically, the PAR% for congenital cardiovascular defects increased from 2.3% (95% CI: 1.7-2.9) to 4.2% (95% CI: 3.5-4.9) and for gastrointestinal defects from 0.8% (95% CI: 0.2-1.9) to 1.4% (95% CI: 0.7-2.6) over the study period.Although there has been a relative decline in the prevalence of congenital anomalies in Canada, the proportion of congenital anomalies due to maternal pre-pregnancy DM has increased. Enhancement of preconception care initiatives for women with DM is recommended.Influence du diabète antérieur à la grossesse sur les anomalies congénitales au Canada entre 2002 et 2012.Examiner l’influence du diabète antérieur à la grossesse sur la prévalence à la naissance des anomalies congénitales au Canada.Nous avons réalisé une étude en population chez l’ensemble des femmes ayant accouché à l’hôpital au Canada (hors Québec) entre avril 2002 et mars 2013, ainsi que chez leurs enfants nés vivants ayant un poids à la naissance d’au moins 500 grammes ou un âge gestationnel d’au moins 22 semaines. On a attribué les codes de diagnostic de la CIM-10 au diabète de type 1 ou de type 2 antérieur à la grossesse. L’association entre le diabète et l’ensemble des anomalies congénitales ainsi qu’avec les diverses catégories prises séparément a été estimée à l’aide des rapports de cotes ajustés et son influence a été calculée sous forme de pourcentage de risque attribuable dans la population (%RAP).Sur les 2 839 680 naissances vivantes, 118 892 nouveau-nés étaient atteints d’anomalies congénitales (41,9 pour 1 000). Même si la prévalence des anomalies congénitales est passée de 50,7 pour 1 000 naissances vivantes en 2002–2003 à 41,5 pour 1 000 en 2012–2013, le %RAP d’une anomalie congénitale liée au diabète antérieur à la grossesse est passé de 0,6 % (intervalle de confiance [IC] à 95 % : 0,4 à 0,8) à 1,2 % (IC à 95 % : 0,9 à 1,4). Plus précisément, le %RAP des cardiopathies congénitales est passé de 2,3 % (IC à 95 % : 1,7 à 2,9) à 4,2 % (IC à 95 % : 3,5 à 4,9) et celui des anomalies gastrointestinales de 0,8 % (IC à 95 % : 0,2 à 1,9) à 1,4 % (IC à 95 % : 0,7 à 2,6) au cours de la période étudiée.En dépit de la diminution relative de la prévalence des anomalies congénitales au Canada, la proportion d’anomalies congénitales pouvant être attribuées au diabète maternel antérieur à la grossesse a augmenté. On recommande l’amélioration des initiatives en matière de soins préconceptionnels destinées aux femmes diabétiques.

Background An estimated 6.9 million children die annually in low and middle-income countries because of treatable illneses including pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria. To reduce morbidity and mortality, the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy was developed, which included a component to strengthen the skills of health workers in identifying and managing these conditions. A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to determine whether IMCI training actually improves performance. Methods Database searches of CIHAHL, CENTRAL, EMBASE, Global Health, Medline, Ovid Healthstar, and PubMed were performed from 1990 to February 2013, and supplemented with grey literature searches and reviews of bibliographies. Studies were included if they compared the performance of IMCI and non-IMCI health workers in illness classification, prescription of medications, vaccinations, and counseling on nutrition and admistration of oral therapies. Dersminion-Laird random effect models were used to summarize the effect estimates. Results The systematic review and meta-analysis included 46 and 26 studies, respectively. Four cluster-randomized controlled trials, seven pre-post studies, and 15 cross-sectional studies were included. Findings were heterogeneous across performance domains with evidence of effect modification by health worker performance at baseline. Overall, IMCI-trained workers were more likely to correctly classify illnesses (RR = 1.93, 95% CI: 1.66–2.24). Studies of workers with lower baseline performance showed greater improvements in prescribing medications (RR = 3.08, 95% CI: 2.04–4.66), vaccinating children (RR = 3.45, 95% CI: 1.49–8.01), and counseling families on adequate nutrition (RR = 10.12, 95% CI: 6.03–16.99) and administering oral therapies (RR = 3.76, 95% CI: 2.30–6.13). Trends toward greater training benefits were observed in studies that were conducted in lower resource settings and reported greater supervision. Conclusion Findings suggest that IMCI training improves health worker performance. However, these estimates need to be interpreted cautiously given the observational nature of the studies and presence of heterogeneity.

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