Newborn Screening in Morocco – Workshop 2012: Program

Program

Monday, November 26	NBS for Morocco	Speaker
08:30	Registration/Breakfast
10:00	Formal opening session Formal opening session Close Formal opening session The formal opening session of the workshop will be held on November 26, at 10:00 p.m., in the Conference Room of the Faculty of Medicine, Fez. The program includes: Prof. Ouldim Karim, Chair: welcoming note and Introductions Prof. Souilmi Fatima Zohra : Needs for a NBS Programs Place of NBS in Health education and Research in Morocco Prof. Minister of Health (or representative): NBS as a Public Health Program Prof. Ait Taleb Khalid, University Hospital of Fez : Technical challenges for NBS program Prof. Farih Hassan, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Fez : Child Health Education Prof. Ghazal Hassan, University Mohammed First: Translational Research in Newborn Screening Prof. Jim Bialick, Executive Director of the Newborn Coalition, USA This formal session is subject to some modifications. : Prospects for a National NBS Programs	Mod: Pr. M. HIDA Pr. A. AMARTI RIFFI
11:00	Coffee break
Session 1	NBS Issues specific to Morocco	Mod: Pr. M. HIDA Pr. K. OULDIM
11:30	Apport/rôle du laboratoire du CHU Hassan II de Fès au newborn screening	Pr. A. AMARTI RIFFI
12:00	NBS for Hypothyroidism	Pr. A. BOUHARROU
12 :30	NBS for Phenylketonuria at Fes Pediatrics Unit	Pr. S. CHAOUKI
13:00	Lunch
Session 2	Infant Health in Morocco and genetics and Immunological screening for Newborns	Mod: Pr. C. NEJJARI Pr. A. BOUHARROU Pr. FZ. SOUILMI
14:00	Factors of infant morbidity and mortality in Morocco	Pr. C. NEJJARI
14:30	Consanguineous Marriages and Genetic Screening for newborns in Morocco	Pr. K. OULDIM
15:00	NBS For Immunological Disorders	Pr. M. EL AZAMI EL IDRISSI
15:30	Coffee break
Session 3	Innate Immunity and Laboratory Technologies for NBS	Mod : Pr. M. EL AZAMI EL IDRISSI Pr S. ACHOUR
16:00	Innate Immunity in Neonates	Pr. M. CHAMEKH
16:30	Identifying inherited metabolic disorders in new borns using LC MS MS	Dr. H. El ARIBI
17:00	NBS in the genomic era	Pr. N. BOUKHATEM
17:30 – 18:30	Panel Discussion I	Pr. M. EL AZAMI EL IDRISSI

Tuesday, November 27	Learning from other Nations’ NBS experiences
Session 4	Case studies in developing countries	Mod : Pr. K. OULDIM Pr. N. BOUKHATEM
09:00	Saudi Arabia Influences of System’s Resources and Health Risk Factors on Genetics Services With a Health Administrative Perspective on a Middle Eastern Nation’s Experience	Pr. A. SAAD ALLAH
09:45	NBS in Egypt	Pr. M. AA. ELSAWI
10:30	Coffee break
Session 5	Experiences from developed countries	Mod : Pr. A. AMARTI RIFFI Pr. M. CHAMEKH
11:00	Newborn Screening In The USA: Challenges And Opportunities	Dr. S. ABHYANKAR
11:45	Neonatal screening in Belgium	Pr. H. LAEREMANS
12:30	Lunch
Session 6	FELSI and Health Informatics in NBS	Mod: Pr. H. GHAZAL Pr. M. CHAMEKH
14:00	NLM coding and terminology standards for newborn screening	Dr. S. ABHYANKAR
14:45	Newborn Screening as A Model for the National Deployment of Electronic Health Records: Shaping Policy, Confronting Politics, and Getting Results	Dr. J. BIALICK
15:30	Coffee break
Session 7	FELSI and Global NBS
16:00	Global view of PerkinElmer’s involvement in NBS	Dr. P. HUHTINEN
16:45	FELSI: Financial, Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues of NBS	Pr. K. BARTHOLOMEW
17:15 – 18:30	Panel Discussion II	Pr. M. CHAMEKH
18:30-18:45	Recommendations and Closing Notes	Chair
18:45 – 21:00	Reception

Program

Formal opening session