PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ashraf M. Afifi
AU  - Mohammad A. Abdul-Jabbar
TI  - Saudi newborn screening. A national public health program: needs, costs, and challenges
DP  - 2007 Aug 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1167--1170
VI  - 28
IP  - 8
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/28/8/1167.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/28/8/1167.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2007 Aug 01; 28
AB  - A Saudi newborn screening program is important to the half million Saudi children born each year in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is a coordinated and comprehensive system consisting of education, screening, diagnosis, treatment and management, follow-up, and program evaluation. The Saudi newborn population should benefit from this program and affected infants will be diagnosed early, and managed effectively. Both cost effectiveness, and cost benefit justifications are presented. Funding for the program can be a public health challenge. We offered recommendations to achieve this vital program.