LEFT: World Health Organization’s (WHO) Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Scientist Dr. Ayesha Mariette De Costa delivers the keynote address, stressing the importance of a comprehensive newborn screening, the need for surveillance of birth defects, and the importance of evidence-based medicine for program planning and creating guidelines for screening and management.
RIGHT: Child, Adolescent, and Maternal Health Division Chief Dr. Manuel Vallesteros of the Disease Prevention and Control Bureau stresses that health issues in children, adolescents, and mothers are interrelated.
