A guarantor is someone who agrees to sign an agreement (most typically a rental agreement) and basically guarantees that if for some reason the tenant cannot pay, the gu â¦ arantor will make the payments.
The child was born healthy because the woman with spina bifida took folic acid before pregnancy. WASHINGTON â About 8 million children worldwide are born every year with serious birth defects, many of them dying before age 5 in a toll largely hidden from view, the March of Dimes says.
1 Each year, more than 35,000 babies in the United States are born with congenital heart defects. 2  There are many types of congenital heart defects ranging from simple to very complex. 3  Doctors don't know what causes most congenital heart defects. 4  Heredity may play a role.