In recent months, various public health measures have been implemented throughout the world in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. This outbreak, and the subsequent containment policies, may have a range of potential short‐ and long‐term impacts on the monitoring and surveillance of other conditions, such as birth defects. In this commentary, we provide a perspective on these potential impacts on birth defects surveillance and analysis. We discuss possible effects on clinical birth defect diagnoses, routine birth defects surveillance system activities, and epidemiologic considerations, as well as opportunities for mitigating the impact of COVID‐19. Like many other sectors of public health and medicine, birth defects surveillance programs may be faced with organizational and methodological obstacles in the wake of a changing landscape. A better understanding of these potential challenges faced by birth defects surveillance programs could facilitate better planning and collaboration across programs to overcome barriers to core activities and to prepare for novel opportunities for research and prevention.

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在COVID-19时代期间和之后，对出生缺陷监测计划的挑战和机遇的观点。

最近几个月，针对2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行，世界各地已采取了各种公共卫生措施。这次暴发以及随后的遏制政策可能对其他条件（如先天缺陷）的监视和监视产生一系列潜在的短期和长期影响。在这篇评论中，我们提供了对这些对出生缺陷监测和分析的潜在影响的观点。我们讨论了对临床出生缺陷诊断，常规出生缺陷监视系统活动和流行病学考虑因素的可能影响，以及减轻COVID-19影响的机会。像许多其他公共卫生和医学部门一样，随着形势的变化，出生缺陷监测计划可能面临组织和方法上的障碍。更好地了解出生缺陷监测计划面临的这些潜在挑战，可以促进更好的计划和跨计划的合作，以克服核心活动的障碍并为研究和预防的新机遇做准备。