10.45 am Cutting Edge Genomic Technologies to Diagnose the Genetic Basis of Intellectual Disability and Major Congenital Anomalies Farah Zahir, PhD NeuroDevNet Post Doctoral Fellow Department of Medical Genetics University of British Columbia Children’s and Women’s Hospital Vancouver Canada 11.15 am Sri Lanka Beyond the MDGs - Significance of Birth Defects Prevention and Control Dr Palitha Maheepala MBBS, MSc, MD Additional Secretary Ministry of Health
11.30 am A National Plan for Birth Defects Surveillance in Sri Lanka Dr Kapila Jayaratne MBBS, MSc, DCH, MD Consultant Community Physician National Programme Manager - Maternal & Child Morbidity and Mortality Surveillance Family Health Bureau Ministry of Health 11.45 am The Role of the Obstetricians in Birth Defects Surveillance, Prevention and Control Dr Gayan De Silva MBBS, MS Chairman, Imaging Committee Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 12.00 noon The Role of the Paediatricians in Birth Defects Surveillance, Prevention and Control Dr Medha Weerasekara MD, FRCP Consultant Paediatrician Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians
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