Additional Info

• Advisory Council Member:

  Prof Amel Ben Chehida 
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• National Societies:

  Tunisian Association for the Study of Inherited Metabolic Diseases
  Association Tunisienne d’Etude des Maladies métaboliques héréditaires (ATEMMH)

  Society Website
  http://www.atemmh.org
  
  

  Annual Meeting
  Annual National Congress
  29 November 2025 (Next National Congress)

  Metabolic school every 2 years
  April-May 2026 (Metabolic school)
  National Library – Tunis
  Theme: Classical homocystinuria 

  Committee Members

  President
  Prof Ichraf Kraoua
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  Vice-President
  Prof Lamia Ben-Jemaa  
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  General Secretary
  Prof Hela BOUDABOUS
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  Assistant General Secretary
  Prof Ines Selmi
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  Treasurer
  Prof Madiha Trabelsi
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  Assistant Treasurer
  Prof Najla Soyah
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  Board Members
  Prof Amel Ben chehida
  Prof Hajer Aloulou
  Prof Ichrak Khamassi
  Prof Said Galai

  Honorary Members
  Prof Olfa Bouyahia
  Prof Ines Ouertani
  
  
  
  

• About the Society:

  This scientific association was founded in 2004. It was created, 15 years before, by a study group of paediatricians, paediatric neurologists and biochemists.
  They were aware of the frequency of these orphan diseases in our country, which is marked by a high rate of consanguinity.

  The main aims of this association are to:
  1. Improve awareness of medical communities and scientists involved in the diagnosis and management of Inherited errors of metabolism (IEM).
  2. Set-up and sustain a strategy of continuous education, training and research in IEM.
  3. Inform patients and families directly or through patient’s associations and mass media about new knowledges and therapeutic possibilities in IEM.
  4. Coordinate between professionals involved in IEM and health authorities concerning social and health problems related to IEM (ie: prevention and systematic neonatal screening).

  Many adult physicians were trained in the field of inherited metabolic diseases in the Faculty of medicine of Tunis or abroad. A transition from paediatric departments to adults' departments has been set up in internal medicine for Gaucher, Nieman Pick, Fabry, Homocystinuria, Glycogen storage diseases and Tyrosinemia since 2023.

  Additional Information
  There are two patients support associations:
  – ATMMI: «Association Tunisienne des maladies du métabolisme intermédiaire» (Tunisian Association of Intermediary Metabolism Diseases)
  President
  Mahmoud Bagane
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  Address: 03, Rue Triki Monplaisir Tunis 1073; Tel: (+216)55165623; +216 98643775

  – ATML : «Association Tunisienne des maladies lysosomales» (Tunisian Association of Lysosomal storage diseases)
  President
  Ahmed Gayess
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  Website: www.atml.tn 
  Address: Centre medical saphir; 6 Rue Mustapha Mohsen, Tunis; Tel: +21621488035