Caracas, Feb 26 (Prensa Latina) Experts from Venezuela and Cuba are developing research to genetically diagnose people with physical disabilities, in an initiative aimed at determining illness causes and the necessary treatment, official sources reported.
Venezuelan Participation and Social Protection Minister Erika Farias said the work started in the state of Miranda in 2007, and has been extended to such other states as Barinas, Zulia, and Delta Amacuro.
People that are already located by the Barrio Adentro Mission are genetically assessed within that system, she told Venezolana de Television.
The official said the initiative involves house by house actions with Cuban medical equipment, social workers and specialized physicians.
As an example, she revealed there were some 25,000 cases detected in Miranda, 21,000 of which have already been solved, adding the construction of a clinic for genetic studies in that entity.
Farias also announced they are making progress in qualifying personnel to detect the problems even during pregnancy.
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