{"id":363356,"date":"2026-05-22T15:23:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=363356"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:23:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:53:05","slug":"ummid-initiative-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ummid-initiative-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UMMID Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Union Minister for Science and Technology dedicated the UMMID Network to the nation at New Delhi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About UMMID Initiative<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in\/sites\/all\/themes\/vigyan\/images\/sti_highlights\/UMMID%20to%20tackle%20inherited%20genetic%20diseases%20-%20inside%202.jpg?resize=320%2C320\" alt=\"UMMID Initiative\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>UMMID<\/strong> stands for<strong> Unique Methods of Management of Inherited Disorders.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Initiated by:<\/strong> It is a <strong>national initiative<\/strong> led by the <strong>Department of Biotechnology<\/strong> to <strong>tackle inherited genetic disorders<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Launch year:<\/strong> It was launched in <strong>2019<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>It is <strong>India\u2019s first comprehensive national effort<\/strong> to address inherited genetic disorders <strong>through an integrated approach<\/strong> encompassing diagnosis, counselling, prevention, training and public health awareness.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aims:<\/strong> It <strong>aims<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>to <strong>establish National Inherited Diseases Administration (NIDAN) Kendras<\/strong> to provide <strong>counselling, prenatal testing<\/strong> and <strong>diagnosis<\/strong>, management, and <strong>multidisciplinary care<\/strong> in Government Hospitals where the influx of patients is higher,<\/li>\n<li>to<strong> produce skilled clinicians in Human Genetics,<\/strong> and<\/li>\n<li>to <strong>undertake screening of pregnant women and newborn babies<\/strong> for inherited genetic diseases in hospitals in aspirational districts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It establishes a <strong>national framework integrating genetic diagnostics, prenatal and newborn screening, genetic counselling, clinician capacity-building and community outreach<\/strong> under a unified public health model.<\/li>\n<li>Through nationwide <strong>collaborations, capacity building<\/strong>, advanced diagnostics, and awareness generation, it aspires to make <strong>quality genetic healthcare more accessible and inclusive for all.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Achievement:<\/strong> It has helped <strong>establish nearly 30 NIDAN kendras<\/strong> for advanced diagnostics and counselling, ensuring that advanced genomic healthcare reaches beyond metropolitan centres.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ummid-initiative-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UMMID Initiative<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,12039],"tags":[11872,12085],"class_list":["post-363356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-news-on-air","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}