with disabilities, including patients
with multiple sclerosis.
Summary of the Supreme Council
of Health’s response:
Summary of public hospital’s response:
No response was provided pertaining to this recommendation.
The NIHR have not received a reply
during the time frame of this report.
10) Text of the Recommendation:
12) Text of the Recommendation and
Summary of the Response of the Concerned Authority:
Review periodically the classification of
the category of persons with disabilities and introduce the necessary modifications so that patients with chronic
disabilities are included in this category
to ensure that all persons with disabilities are provided with suitable support.
Summary of the Ministry of
Health’s response:
The concerned authority stated that
Law No. (11) of 2004 on Pre-marital
Screening has established controls
for the necessity of conducting the
required medical screening for those
intending to get married and making
it a prerequisite for concluding the
marriage contract in accordance
with the rules issued under the Ministry of Health’s Resolution No. (3) of
2004 to improve reproductive health
and puberty among the youth.
Summary of the Supreme Council of Health’s response:
Summary of public hospital’s
response:
The NIHR have not received a reply
during the time frame of this report.
Continue carrying out preventive testing and screening for couples considering marriage and students in schools by
the competent authorities.
Summary of the Ministry of
Health’s response:
Summary of the Supreme Council of Health’s response:
Summary of public hospital’s response:
The NIHR have not received a reply
during the time frame of this report.
11) Text of the Recommendation:
Specify and publish a list of blood tests
that must be conducted for newborns,
which includes testing of blood type
and the most important hereditary diseases to provide the right treatment
early on for sick children.
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