11th International Congress of Human Genetics

Session Details

Genetics and Public Health in Developing Countries

Wednesday, 9 August 2006 14:30 -18:00

M1/M2

Co-Chair Victor B Penchaszadeh Columbia UniversityUnited States
Co-Chair Prof Alan H Bittles Edith Cowan UniversityAustralia

Priority-setting for genetic services in developing countries
  • Dr Victor B Penchaszadeh, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, United States
  • How to design a community-based thalassaemia prevention programme
  • Ashraf Samavat, Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Helth and Medical Education., Iran
  • Medical genetic services in the new South Africa
  • Prof Arnold Christianson, Division of Human Genetics, National health Laboratory Servive & University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  • Integration of genetic services into the Single Health System in Brazil
  • Carlos E Steiner, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Unicamp, Brazil
  • Consanguinity, endogamy and genetic disease profiles in developing countries
  • Prof Alan H Bittles, Edith Cowan University, Australia
  • Global collaboration for the development of genetic services in developing countries: The role of international foundations
  • Prof Michael Katz, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, United States
  • Global collaboration for the development of genetic services in developing countries: the role of the European Union
  • Prof Jean-Jacques Cassiman, Catholic University of Leuven - Dept. Human Genetics, Belgium
  • Genetics and Public Health in Developing Countries Asia-Perspective
  • Prof Pornswan Wasant, Mahidol University, Thailand
  • Situation of sickle cell and genetics services in Nigeria
  • Prof Olufemi Owolabi Akinyanju, CHAIRMAN, Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria, Nigeria
  • Genetic services in low resource situations
  • Prof Dr Jai Rup Singh, Centre for Genetic Disorders, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
  • Genetic medicine and the universal right to health
  • Dr Jose-maria Cantu, Unuversity of Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Global WHO's Human Genetics collaboration for the development of genetic services in developing countries
  • Victor Boulyjenkov, World Health Organization, Switzerland
  • Discussion
    Published on Tuesday, 1 August 2006 by the Professional Conference Organiser