The answer is not trivial: in Spain, the number of diseases detected in neonatal screening (the so-called “neonatal screening”) varies greatly depending on the autonomous community.
While 51 diseases are screened for in Galicia and 47 in Murcia, in other communities they barely meet the minimum required by the Ministry. This means that the place of birth can make the difference between detecting a serious illness early or having it go unnoticed.
๐๐๐-๐ (๐๐ฒฬ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฬ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐น) is a rare and serious disease that ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎฬ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐ป ๐น๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ผฬ๐ป, but currently ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎฬ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฬ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ปฬ๐ฎ.
Detecting it at birth allows immediate treatment to begin and prevent the spread of the virus and prevent it from spreading.
Prevention is a human right. Knowing what disease you have and how to treat it early is vital to ensuring a quality of life in the future.
It can mean the difference between life and death.
At AELALD we work so that all autonomous communities advance in equity and expand their screening panels, because ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ถ๐ปฬ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ถ๐ปฬ๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ, ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผฬ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ.
More information on the status of newborn screening in Spain here: ๐ https://www.redaccionmedica.com/secciones/pediatria/el-cribado-neonatal-avanza-a-dos-velocidades-sonando-con-un-futuro-genomico-1481
