A Capacity Audit of Medical Geneticists and Genetic Counsellors in South Africa, 2024: A National Crisis.

ABSTRACT: Community genetic services were introduced in South Africa almost seven decades ago, with medical geneticists and genetic counsellors being formally recognized for the past 30 years. Initial training platforms were established at academic centres countrywide, and posts for relevant healthcare professionals, including medical geneticists and genetic counsellors were created in the public sector. Despite these early advances, the number of these specialists required to address the rising burden of congenital disorders in the country remains far below required targets established by the National Department of Health. The aim of this study was to analyse the retrospective, current and projected number of medical geneticists and genetic counsellors in South Africa. The results indicate the numb

SUBMITTER: Gomes MCM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11430864 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature