Ministry said the healthThe President of the Republic’s initiative for early detection of genetic diseases of newborns provides free detection and follow-up services and treatment.
The ministry added that the initiative includes the President of the Republic for early detection of hereditary diseases of newborns and the detection of 19 genetic diseases.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health, said that genetic diseases include “congenital hypothyroidism, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, folic anemia, cystic fibrosis, hereditary hyperlipidemia, phenylketonuria, tetrahydropitrin deficiency, organic acidity, and high isovaleric acid. Blood, elevated propionic acid/methylmalonic acid, maple urine disease, tyrosineemia-type I, hypergalactosemia, elevated urine homocysteine, hyper-arginine, serum citrulline, carbamoyl transporter ornithine deficiency, fatty acid oxidation, enzyme deficiency biotinidase”.
He added, that a center has been designated for the treatment of genetic diseases for newborns, and these centers are being expanded successively to include all governorates of the Republic. These centers provide free treatment and periodic follow-up services for children of different ages who suffer from any genetic diseases.