Congress Names October 25 Spina Bifida Prevention Day
Published on Honduras Daily · Oct 22, 2026 · Originally reported October 21, 2026 by Congreso Nacional
Congress approved a measure marking October 25 each year as Spina Bifida Prevention Day, aiming to raise awareness of a birth defect that affects an estimated 30–40 per 10,000 live births in Honduras and can be prevented with adequate folic acid intake in early pregnancy.
An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Congreso Nacional, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.