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News: Union Minister for Science and Technology dedicated the UMMID Network to the nation at New Delhi.
About UMMID Initiative
- UMMID stands for Unique Methods of Management of Inherited Disorders.
- Initiated by: It is a national initiative led by the Department of Biotechnology to tackle inherited genetic disorders.
- Launch year: It was launched in 2019.
- It is India’s first comprehensive national effort to address inherited genetic disorders through an integrated approach encompassing diagnosis, counselling, prevention, training and public health awareness.
- Aims: It aims
- to establish National Inherited Diseases Administration (NIDAN) Kendras to provide counselling, prenatal testing and diagnosis, management, and multidisciplinary care in Government Hospitals where the influx of patients is higher,
- to produce skilled clinicians in Human Genetics, and
- to undertake screening of pregnant women and newborn babies for inherited genetic diseases in hospitals in aspirational districts.
- Features:
- It establishes a national framework integrating genetic diagnostics, prenatal and newborn screening, genetic counselling, clinician capacity-building and community outreach under a unified public health model.
- Through nationwide collaborations, capacity building, advanced diagnostics, and awareness generation, it aspires to make quality genetic healthcare more accessible and inclusive for all.
- Achievement: It has helped establish nearly 30 NIDAN kendras for advanced diagnostics and counselling, ensuring that advanced genomic healthcare reaches beyond metropolitan centres.
