On demand content for IFCC Live Webinar on 20th July: "Newborn Screening" is available

Recorded webinar in English available on demand here

Recorded webinar in Spanish available on demand here

The goal of Newborn Screening is the pre-symptomatic detection of infants with congenital conditions so that treatment may be commenced as early as possible to prevent or improve, the long-term consequences of the condition. In this webinar the speakers discussed the different situation of the newborn screening programs in different countries.

The Webinar consisted of three talks (20 minutes each) and was followed by the panel discussion

Talk 1: Situation of Latin America in Neonatal Screening. Panorama in Uruguay
Speaker: Dr. Cecilia Queijo

Talk 2: Panorama of Neonatal Screening in Brazil
Speaker: Dr. Armando A. Fonseca

Talk 3: Panorama of Neonatal Screening in Spain as a model for programs with different degrees of development
Speaker: Dr. José Angel Cocho de Juan

Chair: Dr. Ana Lena, IFCC EB COLABIOCLI

Certificate of Participation: available for all registrants

The IFCC Live Webinar Series is partially sponsored by Siemens Healthineers and Boston Children's Hospital