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Bahrain Newborn Genome Screening Programme
Analyzes newborn genetic material to identify treatable or preventable inherited disorders before symptoms and contributes newborn data to national planning and research.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- National newborn screening
- Project type
- Genomic newborn-screening programme
- Research domain
- Rare disease, prevention and early intervention
- Years
- Not stated
- Lifecycle status
- active
- Status basis
- The current Ministry of Health programme page describes national implementation, consent/opt-out and genomic analysis in present tense.
- Status evidence date
- 2026-08-15
- Scale
- National programme; no annual birth or test total is stated on the official page.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Bahrain Ministry of Health · Bahrain National Genome Center
- Partner organizations
- Not stated
- Organism / population
- Newborns in Bahrain
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- newborn genomic screening
- clinical follow-up
Data access
Clinical/controlled
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Named national genomic screening extension of the Bahrain National Genome Programme.
Editorial note
Child programme of the national genome programme; do not add its participants to the 50,000 historical collection without unique-person confirmation.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
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