The role of the World Health Organization in promoting medical genetics in Latin America

Community Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 70-73

  Boulyjenkov, Victor ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Genetics services; Medical genetics; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC SERVICE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; THALASSEMIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABNORMALITIES; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SERVICES; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 8344248861     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080774     Document Type: Review

References (5)

1. WHO: Services for the Prevention and Management of Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects in Developing Countries. Report of a joint WHO/WAOPBD meeting, The Hague, 1999. WHO/HGN/GL/WAOPBD/99.1.
2. WHO: Primary health care approaches for prevention and control of congenital and genetic disorders. Report of a WHO meeting, Cairo, 2000. WHO/HGN/WG/00.1.
3. WHO: Genomics and World Health. Report of the Advisory Committee on Health Research. Geneva, WHO, 2002.
4. WHO: Collaboration in Medical Genetics. Report of a WHO meeting, Toronto, 2002. WHO/HGN/WG/02.2.
5. WHO: Community genetic services in Latin America and regional networks on medical genetics. Report of a WHO Consultation, Porto Alegre, 2003. WHO/HGN/WG/04.01.