Newborn Screening Facilities (NSF)
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Newborn Screening Center
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Newborn Screening Confirmatory Centers
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NBS Continuity Clinic
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Centers for Human Genetic Services
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Centers for Health Development
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Newborn Screening Facilities
Newborn Screening Facilities (NSF)
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Newborn Screening Centers
The RA 9288 defines the establishment and accreditation of Newborn Screening Centers (NSC).
Newborn Screening Center is a facility equipped with a newborn laboratory that complies with the standards established by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Philippines, and provides all required laboratory tests and recall/follow-up programs for newborns with heritable conditions.
Presently, there are seven operational NSCs in the country:
- Newborn Screening Center – NIH at the University of the Philippines Manila
- Newborn Screening Center – Visayas located at West Visayas State University Medical Center, Iloilo City
- Newborn Screening Center- Mindanao located at the Southern Philippines Medical Center, Davao City
- Newborn Screening Center- Central Luzon in Angeles City, Pampanga
- Newborn Screening Center- Southern Luzon in Tanauan City, Batangas
- Newborn Screening Center– Northern Luzon in Batac City, Ilocos Norte
- Newborn Screening Center – Central Visayas located at Eversley Childs Sanitarium and General Hospital, Cebu City
NSC-NL
Meet the NSC-NL Staff
Newborn Screening Center – Northern Luzon (NSC-NL) is the sixth DOH-accredited NSC in the Philippines established at Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center, Batac City, Ilocos Norte. The unit has been offering NBS services in Ilocos Region and Cagayan Valley since May 2017 and has recently received its Go Live status for Expanded Newborn Screening on January 28, 2019.
NSC-Central Luzon
Meet the NSC-CL Staff
The Newborn Screening Center-Central Luzon is the fourth Department of Health (DOH)-accredited newborn screening center in the country. The center provides the most advanced newborn screening testing for a panel of six disorders and expanded newborn screening in Central Luzon and Cordillera Administrative Region. It is presently headed by Dr. Bernadette Mendoza with Dr. Crislyn Samia as Follow up Manager, Jerome Comelio as Laboratory Manager, and Maria Elissa Veronica Benipayo as Program Manager.
NSC-NIH
Meet the NSC-NIH Staff
The Newborn Screening Center-National Institutes of Health is the first Department of Health (DOH)-accredited newborn screening center in the country. The center provides the most advanced newborn screening testing for a panel of six disorders and expanded newborn screening in Regions 5, 4B and NCR. It is presently headed by Dr. Anna Lea Elizaga with Ms. Geralyn Valeza as Laboratory Manager and Ms. Wenalyn Umali as Program Manager.
NSC-Southern Luzon
Meet the NSC-SL staff
Daniel O. Mercado Medical Center (DMMC), a tertiary hospital in Tanauan City, has been selected by the Department of Health (DOH) and the Newborn Screening Reference Center (NSRC) as the host institution for NSC in Southern Luzon. DMMC started running newborn screening samples from Region 4-A on September 2013. In 2021, the hosting of NSC-SL was transferred to DMMC Institute of Health Sciences, Inc.
NSC-Visayas
Meet the NSC-V Staff
In Iloilo City, the West Visayas State University Medical Center is home to the Newborn Screening Center – Visayas. In order to serve babies in the Visayas and Mindanao regions, it was formally inaugurated in 2006.
NSC-Central Visayas
7th Newborn Screening Center Opens in Mandaue City
DOH’s Eversley Childs Sanitarium and General Hospital (ECSGH) in Jagobiao, Mandaue City, Cebu, hosts the country’s 7th Newborn Screening Center (NSC), which starts its operations on February 10, 2020.
NSC-Mindanao
Meet the NSC-Mindanao staff
Newborn Screening Center – Mindanao runs all samples coming from all over Mindanao. It started its full operations on October 2009. It is the third NSC accredited by DOH and international newborn screening experts. NSC-M is headed by Dr. Conchita Abarquez with Mr. Venchie Badong as Laboratory Head and Ms. Sheila Guilaran as Program Manager.
Confirmatory Centers
Newborn Screening Confirmatory Centers
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Continuity Clinics & Satellites
NBS Continuity Clinic
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Centers for Human Genetics
Centers for Human Genetic Services
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Centers for Human Development
Centers for Health Development
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