Shaikha Al arrayed
Dr Shaikha Salim Al Arrayed, MBChB,DHCG,PHD
Chairperson of Genetic Department, S.M.C, Bahrain. She had M.B.Ch.B from Cairo university, MSC Human and Clinical Genetics UK 1984, and Ph.D. in Genetic in 1993 from Aberdeen University, She is the Head of National committee for the control of Hereditary diseases since 1993.
She is Member of WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Human Genetics since 2002. Member of American College of Medical Genetics, and Member of Hugo since 1998.
She is founding Member of many societies, and chairperson of Bahrain National Hereditary anemia society.
She organized many National projects such as premarital services, Student Screening for Genetic Blood disease, Newborn screening, and Bahrain Birth Defect Register.
Recently she has been awarded (the State of Kuwait Prize for Research in Health Promotion 2009), by the WHO.
She was awarded the (The Kingdom Competence Order of the first class) in 2004, and was a nominee for the international prize of (1000 women for the Nobel peace Prize)
She published more than 60 scientific papers, and attended more than 150 international and national conferences.
Chairperson of Genetic Department, S.M.C, Bahrain. She had M.B.Ch.B from Cairo university, MSC Human and Clinical Genetics UK 1984, and Ph.D. in Genetic in 1993 from Aberdeen University, She is the Head of National committee for the control of Hereditary diseases since 1993.
She is Member of WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Human Genetics since 2002. Member of American College of Medical Genetics, and Member of Hugo since 1998.
She is founding Member of many societies, and chairperson of Bahrain National Hereditary anemia society.
She organized many National projects such as premarital services, Student Screening for Genetic Blood disease, Newborn screening, and Bahrain Birth Defect Register.
Recently she has been awarded (the State of Kuwait Prize for Research in Health Promotion 2009), by the WHO.
She was awarded the (The Kingdom Competence Order of the first class) in 2004, and was a nominee for the international prize of (1000 women for the Nobel peace Prize)
She published more than 60 scientific papers, and attended more than 150 international and national conferences.
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RATES IN BAHRAIN, 1990–2009
SHAIKHA AL-ARRAYED* and HANAN HAMAMY†
*Genetics Department, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama,
Kingdom of Bahrain and †Department of Genetic Medicine and Development,
Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
Summary. Consanguineous marriage is traditional and respected in most
communities of North Africa, the Middle East and West Asia, including
Bahrain, with intra-familial unions accounting for 20–50þ% of all marriages.
Significant secular changes in consanguinity rates have been reported in recent
decades in different populations. Among parents of 14,237 newborns in Bahrain
in 2008–2009, the total consanguinity and first cousin marriage rates over a
period of four months in 2008 were 10.9% and 6.9% respectively, while during
all of 2009 the rates were 11.4% and 6.8% respectively. The study confirms
that over a ten-year period first cousin marriage rates in Bahrain have declined
from 24% to nearly 7%. Although advice against cousin marriages was not
attempted at any stage in the comprehensive community genetics programmes
in Bahrain, increasing the literacy of the public and of the health care providers
on prevention strategies for genetic diseases could have contributed to
this decline in consanguinity rate in Bahrain.
Introduction. The incidence of genetic blood disease in Bahrain has declined gradually since 1984 when the Ministry of Health (MOH) instituted a prevention campaign. The national NBS program for hemoglobinopathies was started in May 2007, financed by the national budget. Setting. Genetics department, Salmaniya Medical Complex, MOH, Bahrain. Methodology. The genetics, nursing, pathology, and pediatric departments were involved in the study. This service was offered to all infants. Cord blood samples were collected at birth and were then sent to the laboratory. Results. During 3.5 years after the program was implemented, we screened 38,940 newborns (NBs), of which 17,375 were screened in 2008, 10,248 in 2009, and 11,317 in 2010. The number of affected NBs was 128 in both 2007 and 2008, 58 in 2009, and 47 in 2010, as the average number of affected NBs in 2010 was 4 per month. The incidence of affected NBs was found to be 0.7% in 2008, 0.6% in 2009, and 0.4% in 2010. Conclusion. NBS is an essential step for the early diagnosis and treatment of affected NBs, future recurrence of the disease in the same family. In Bahrain, the number of affected NBs has declined by 75% during the last 20.
Introduction. The incidence of genetic blood disease in Bahrain has declined gradually since 1984 when the Ministry of Health (MOH) instituted a prevention campaign. The national NBS program for hemoglobinopathies was started in May 2007, financed by the national budget. Setting. Genetics department, Salmaniya Medical Complex, MOH, Bahrain. Methodology. The genetics, nursing, pathology, and pediatric departments were involved in the study. This service was offered to all infants. Cord blood samples were collected at birth and were then sent to the laboratory. Results. During 3.5 years after the program was implemented, we screened 38,940 newborns (NBs), of which 17,375 were screened in 2008, 10,248 in 2009, and 11,317 in 2010. The number of affected NBs was 128 in both 2007 and 2008, 58 in 2009, and 47 in 2010, as the average number of affected NBs in 2010 was 4 per month. The incidence of affected NBs was found to be 0.7% in 2008, 0.6% in 2009, and 0.4% in 2010. Conclusion. NBS is an essential step for the early diagnosis and treatment of affected NBs, future recurrence of the disease in the same family. In Bahrain, the number of affected NBs has declined by 75% during the last 20.
Introduction. The incidence of genetic blood disease in Bahrain has declined gradually since 1984 when the Ministry of Health (MOH) instituted a prevention campaign. The national NBS program for hemoglobinopathies was started in May 2007, financed by the national budget. Setting. Genetics department, Salmaniya Medical Complex, MOH, Bahrain. Methodology. The genetics, nursing, pathology, and pediatric departments were involved in the study. This service was offered to all infants. Cord blood samples were collected at birth and were then sent to the laboratory. Results. During 3.5 years after the program was implemented, we screened 38,940 newborns (NBs), of which 17,375 were screened in 2008, 10,248 in 2009, and 11,317 in 2010. The number of affected NBs was 128 in both 2007 and 2008, 58 in 2009, and 47 in 2010, as the average number of affected NBs in 2010 was 4 per month. The incidence of affected NBs was found to be 0.7% in 2008, 0.6% in 2009, and 0.4% in 2010. Conclusion. NBS is an essential step for the early diagnosis and treatment of affected NBs, future recurrence of the disease in the same family. In Bahrain, the number of affected NBs has declined by 75% during the last 20.
PRESENTING TO ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
OF SALMANYIA MEDICAL CENTER, BAHRAIN
RATES IN BAHRAIN, 1990–2009
SHAIKHA AL-ARRAYED* and HANAN HAMAMY†
*Genetics Department, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama,
Kingdom of Bahrain and †Department of Genetic Medicine and Development,
Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
Summary. Consanguineous marriage is traditional and respected in most
communities of North Africa, the Middle East and West Asia, including
Bahrain, with intra-familial unions accounting for 20–50þ% of all marriages.
Significant secular changes in consanguinity rates have been reported in recent
decades in different populations. Among parents of 14,237 newborns in Bahrain
in 2008–2009, the total consanguinity and first cousin marriage rates over a
period of four months in 2008 were 10.9% and 6.9% respectively, while during
all of 2009 the rates were 11.4% and 6.8% respectively. The study confirms
that over a ten-year period first cousin marriage rates in Bahrain have declined
from 24% to nearly 7%. Although advice against cousin marriages was not
attempted at any stage in the comprehensive community genetics programmes
in Bahrain, increasing the literacy of the public and of the health care providers
on prevention strategies for genetic diseases could have contributed to
this decline in consanguinity rate in Bahrain.
Introduction. The incidence of genetic blood disease in Bahrain has declined gradually since 1984 when the Ministry of Health (MOH) instituted a prevention campaign. The national NBS program for hemoglobinopathies was started in May 2007, financed by the national budget. Setting. Genetics department, Salmaniya Medical Complex, MOH, Bahrain. Methodology. The genetics, nursing, pathology, and pediatric departments were involved in the study. This service was offered to all infants. Cord blood samples were collected at birth and were then sent to the laboratory. Results. During 3.5 years after the program was implemented, we screened 38,940 newborns (NBs), of which 17,375 were screened in 2008, 10,248 in 2009, and 11,317 in 2010. The number of affected NBs was 128 in both 2007 and 2008, 58 in 2009, and 47 in 2010, as the average number of affected NBs in 2010 was 4 per month. The incidence of affected NBs was found to be 0.7% in 2008, 0.6% in 2009, and 0.4% in 2010. Conclusion. NBS is an essential step for the early diagnosis and treatment of affected NBs, future recurrence of the disease in the same family. In Bahrain, the number of affected NBs has declined by 75% during the last 20.
Introduction. The incidence of genetic blood disease in Bahrain has declined gradually since 1984 when the Ministry of Health (MOH) instituted a prevention campaign. The national NBS program for hemoglobinopathies was started in May 2007, financed by the national budget. Setting. Genetics department, Salmaniya Medical Complex, MOH, Bahrain. Methodology. The genetics, nursing, pathology, and pediatric departments were involved in the study. This service was offered to all infants. Cord blood samples were collected at birth and were then sent to the laboratory. Results. During 3.5 years after the program was implemented, we screened 38,940 newborns (NBs), of which 17,375 were screened in 2008, 10,248 in 2009, and 11,317 in 2010. The number of affected NBs was 128 in both 2007 and 2008, 58 in 2009, and 47 in 2010, as the average number of affected NBs in 2010 was 4 per month. The incidence of affected NBs was found to be 0.7% in 2008, 0.6% in 2009, and 0.4% in 2010. Conclusion. NBS is an essential step for the early diagnosis and treatment of affected NBs, future recurrence of the disease in the same family. In Bahrain, the number of affected NBs has declined by 75% during the last 20.
Introduction. The incidence of genetic blood disease in Bahrain has declined gradually since 1984 when the Ministry of Health (MOH) instituted a prevention campaign. The national NBS program for hemoglobinopathies was started in May 2007, financed by the national budget. Setting. Genetics department, Salmaniya Medical Complex, MOH, Bahrain. Methodology. The genetics, nursing, pathology, and pediatric departments were involved in the study. This service was offered to all infants. Cord blood samples were collected at birth and were then sent to the laboratory. Results. During 3.5 years after the program was implemented, we screened 38,940 newborns (NBs), of which 17,375 were screened in 2008, 10,248 in 2009, and 11,317 in 2010. The number of affected NBs was 128 in both 2007 and 2008, 58 in 2009, and 47 in 2010, as the average number of affected NBs in 2010 was 4 per month. The incidence of affected NBs was found to be 0.7% in 2008, 0.6% in 2009, and 0.4% in 2010. Conclusion. NBS is an essential step for the early diagnosis and treatment of affected NBs, future recurrence of the disease in the same family. In Bahrain, the number of affected NBs has declined by 75% during the last 20.
PRESENTING TO ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
OF SALMANYIA MEDICAL CENTER, BAHRAIN