Exploring the Effectiveness of Mandatory Premarital Screening and Genetic Counselling Programmes for β-Thalassaemia in the Middle East: A Scoping Review | Zendy

Marwa Saffi | Zendy; Natasha Howard | Zendy

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Exploring the Effectiveness of Mandatory Premarital Screening and Genetic Counselling Programmes for β-Thalassaemia in the Middle East: A Scoping Review

Author(s) -

Marwa Saffi,

Natasha Howard

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

public health genomics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1662-8063

pISSN - 1662-4246

DOI - 10.1159/000430837

Subject(s) - medicine , middle east , genetic counseling , abortion , family medicine , demography , pregnancy , geography , genetics , archaeology , sociology , biology

β-Thalassaemia is a common genetic blood disorder in the Middle Eastern region. Mandatory premarital screening and genetic counselling (PMSGC) programmes are implemented in 8 Middle East countries to reduce at-risk marriages and thus disease prevalence. A scoping review was conducted to explore the effectiveness of these programmes.

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