Clinical and community genetics services in the Dutch Caribbean

Eline A. Verberne; Ginette M. Ecury-Goossen; Meindert E. Manshande; Maria Ponson-Wever; Maartje de Vroomen; Martijn Tilanus; Marcel M. A. M. Mannens; Lidewij Henneman; Mieke M. van Haelst

doi:10.1007/s12687-021-00515-6

Clinical and community genetics services in the Dutch Caribbean

Eline A. Verberne
, Ginette M. Ecury-Goossen
, Meindert E. Manshande
, Maria Ponson-Wever
, Maartje de Vroomen
, Martijn Tilanus
, Marcel M. A. M. Mannens
, Lidewij Henneman
, Mieke M. van Haelst^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Pediatrics, Curaçao Medical Center, Willemstad, Curaçao
Dr. Horacio E. Oduber Hospital Dr. Horacio E. Oduber Hospital Boulevard 1, Oranjestad Aruba
Department of Pediatrics, Fundashon Mariadal, Kralendijk, Bonaire, The Netherlands
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Department of Pediatrics, St. Maarten Medical Center, Cay Hill, St. Maarten
University of Amsterdam
Dr. Horacio E. Oduber Hospital
Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam and VU Medical Center

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The Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands consists of six islands: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius, and Saba. Because of their small size and relative remoteness, they face several economic and healthcare challenges, including limited access to genetics services. In this article, we provide an overview of the clinical and community genetics services that are available in the Dutch Caribbean. In particular, we describe our joint pediatric-genetics clinic with a visiting clinical geneticist that was established in 2011 to provide clinical genetics services for the pediatric population of the Dutch Caribbean.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	497-501
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of community genetics
Volume	12
Issue number	3
Early online date	2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-021-00515-6
Publication status	Published - Jul 2021

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Clinical genetics
Community genetics
Dutch Caribbean
Genetics services

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