28 JUNE NEWBORN SCREENING DAY

Within the scope of the Newborn Screening Program, screening newborns for the diseases determined, preventing mental retardation, brain damage and irreversible damages, initiating appropriate treatment in order to prevent the diseases that may occur due to these diseases in the diagnosed infants, thus ensuring that they reach a certain level of intelligence, and increasing public awareness about reducing consanguineous marriages. It is aimed to increase the economic burden and to prevent the economic burden it brings to the society.

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) has been added to the scanning panel as of 09.05.2022.

Thanks to screening studies, approximately 4500 children can be protected annually from the consequences of their existing diseases, and disability is prevented.