HEREDITARY DISEASES IN CHILDREN EARLY DETECTION AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES

Abstract

By his decree of December 25, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved the state program for early detection of congenital and hereditary diseases in children for the period 2018-2022. In 2013-2017, more than 2.1 million pregnant women were examined at the primary health care level, 65 thousand of them had their pregnancies terminated due to the detection of congenital defects in fetal development.