HELP US SAVE BABIES REMINDERS

AFFECTED BY ANY OF TO PARENTS

THESE DISORDERS.
G6PD deficiency is the most common condition among the
Endocrine Disorders ENBS Panel of Disorders.
• Congenital Hypothyroidism
• Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Napthalene or moth ball, and some drugs including herbal
medicine should be avoided by people with G6PD deficiency.
Amino Acid Disorders
• Homocystinuria While waiting for the ENBS result, parents are advised not to
• Hypermethioninemia/Methionine Adenosine
expose their baby to moth ball. More so, all medications that
Transferase Deficiency
• Maple Syrup Urine Disease will be given to the baby must be prescribed by a doctor.
• Phenylketonuria
• Tyrosinemia Type I If the ENBS result is G6PD deficient, consult the baby’s doctor
• Tyrosinemia Type II, III and proceed with the confirmatory test. Refer the result to your
physician.
Fatty Acid Disorders
• Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase I Deficiency
• Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase II Deficiency For further inquiries, please contact:
• Carnitine Uptake Deficiency
• Glutaric Acidemia Type II Your health workers at the hospitals / lying-in clinics / birthing
• Long Chain Hydroxyacyl-CoA

Dehydrogenase Deficiency
• Medium Chain-Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
• Very Long Chain-Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase
Deficiency
• Tri-functional Protein Deficiency
SAVE
homes / health centers
Newborn Screening Center - Northern Luzon
Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center
San Julian, City of Batac, Ilocos Norte

Organic Acid Disorders
• 3-Methylcrotnyl CoA Carboxylase Deficiency
• Beta Ketothiolase Deficiency
• Glutaric Acidemia Type I
• Isovaleric Acidemia
YOUR
Newborn Screening Center - Central Luzon
Angeles University Foundation Medical Center
MacArthur Highway, Lourdes Sur East, Angeles City
Newborn Screening Center - National Institutes of Health
Building H, UP Ayala Land Technohub Complex

BABY
• Methylmalonic Acidemia Brgy. UP Campus, Commonwealth Ave., Diliman, Quezon City
• Multiple Carboxylase Deficiency Newborn Screening Center - Southern Luzon
• Propionic Acidemia Daniel O Mercado Medical Center
143 Narra St., Mountview Subd., Tanauan City
Urea Cycle Defect
• Citrullinemia Newborn Screening Center - Visayas
• Argininosuccinic Aciduria West Visayas State University Medical Center

FROM MENTAL
E. Lopez St., Jaro, Iloilo City
Hemoglobinopathies
RETARDATION
Newborn Screening Center - Central Visayas
• Alpha Thalassemia Eversly Childs Sanitarium and General Hospital
• Beta Thalassemia Upper Jagobiao Rd, Mandaue City, Cebu
• Hemoglobin C
Newborn Screening Center - Mindanao
• Hemoglobin D
Southern Philippines Medical Center
• Hemoglobin E
J.P. Laurel Ave., Bajada, Davao City
• Sickle Cell Disease
Newborn Screening Reference Center
Others National Institutes of Health, UP Manila
• Galactosemia 1579 F. T. Benitez St., Ermita, Manila
• Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
• Cystic Fibrosis E-mail: info@newbornscreening.ph
• Biotinidase Deficiency URL: www.newbornscreening.ph
Basic Information About WHY SCREEN YOUR BABIES?
Expanded Newborn Screening
Effect if NOT SCREENED Effect if SCREENED and
TREATED early*

Endocrine Disorders
• Severe Mental • Normal
Retardation • Alive
What is newborn screening? What are the eligibility conditions for newborn to avail • Death
Newborn Screening (NBS) is a simple procedure to find of the NCP?
out if your baby has a congenital disorder that may lead to Newborns are eligible for NCP if all of the following are met: Amino Acid Disorders
mental retardation or even death if left untreated. • Either of the parents are eligible to avail of the benefits,
• Born in accredited facilities that perform deliveries, such • Mental retardation • Alive
What is Expanded Newborn Screening (ENBS)? as hospitals and birthing homes; and • Coma and death from • Normal growth
The expanded newborn screening program increased the • Services were availed of upon delivery. metabolic crisis • Normal intelligence
screening panel of disorders from six (6) to more than for some, learning
problems to others
twenty-eight. How can results be claimed?
Results can be claimed from the health facility where ENBS
Why is it important? was availed. Normal ENBS results are available by 7 - 14 Fatty Acid Disorders
Most babies with metabolic disorders look “normal” at working days from the time samples are received at the NSC.
• Developmental and • Usually healthy in
birth. By doing ENBS, metabolic disorders may be detected
physical delays between episodes of
even before clinical signs and symptoms are present. As Positive ENBS results are relayed to the parents
• Neurologic impairment metabolic crises
a result of this, treatment can be given early to prevent immediately by the health facility. Please ensure that the
consequences of untreated conditions.* • Sudden death • Alive
address and phone number you will provide to the health
• Coma
facility are correct.
• Seizure
When is it done? • Enlargement of the
ENBS is ideally done immediately after 24 hours from birth. What is the meaning of the newborn screening result? heart & liver
• Muscle weakness
How is it done? A NEGATIVE SCREEN means that the ENBS result is normal.
A few drops of blood are taken from the baby’s heel, Organic Acid Disorders
blotted on a special absorbent filter card and then sent to A POSITIVE SCREEN means that the newborn must be
Newborn Screening Center (NSC). brought back to his/her health practitioner for further testing. • Developmental delay • Alive
• Breathing problems • Most will
Who will collect the sample for ENBS? What must be done when a baby has a positive • Neurologic damage have normal
The blood sample for ENBS may be collected by any of the ENBS result? • Seizures development
following: physician, nurse, medical technologist or trained Babies with positive results must be referred at once to a • Coma with episodes of
midwife. specialist for confirmatory testing and further management. • Early death metabolic crisis

Where is ENBS available? What happens to the dried blood samples after screening? Urea Cycle Defect
ENBS is available in hospitals, lying-ins, rural health units, After the dried blood spot has been tested, it will be stored
health centers and some private clinics. in a secure locked area. The stored sample is retained to • Seizure • Alive
allow for normal quality assurance and may be used for • Mental retardation • Normal intelligence
How much is ENBS? ethics committee approved researches for the benefit of • Death
Expanded newborn screening costs ₱1750 and is included in the general public.
the Newborn Care Package (NCP) for PhilHealth members. Hemoglobinopathies
*Long term follow-up and management of children with confirmed
newborn screening conditions ensure that these children receive the • Painful crises • Alive
What is Newborn Care Package? full benefits of early identification through newborn screening. • Anemia • Reduces the
NCP is a PhilHealth benefit package for essential health • Stroke frequency of painful
services of the newborn during the first few days of life. • Multi-organ failure crises
It covers essential newborn care, expanded newborn • Death • May reduce the need
screening, and hearing screening tests. for blood transfusions