Inborn errors of metabolism in Latin America: challenges and opportunities.

摘要: Latin America includes more than 40 countries and possessions, its population of 570 million has an important representation the three main human races. The area is experiencing economic improvement, progressively bringing inborn errors metabolism (IEM) to a higher level among health priorities. Challenges progress IEM field include huge disparities, high prevalence malnutrition infections, co-existence very different models public services, unstable socio-economic political conditions, difficulties in integrating countries. However, rapidly changing social environment presenting many opportunities field, like improvements infrastructure, concentration urban areas, continuous growth neonatal screening, use filter paper samples, availability internet communication, interest by new medical genetics discipline. Analyzing this picture, several proposals are presented, such as development activities provision education research integrated package, increase training resources, expansion access diagnostic tests, screening framework expand services. In continent with few centers, there major need for groups work collaboration, complementing each other's capabilities, providing developing joint projects. integration these into large transnational network reference centers would be task coming years.