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National Genome and Human Data Programme
Plans a national genomic reference database, secure governance and clinical/research pathways spanning rare disease, common disease, premarital, prenatal and newborn applications.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- National
- Project type
- National genome and data programme
- Research domain
- Population genomics, genomic medicine and data governance
- Years
- 2025–
- Lifecycle status
- planned
- Status basis
- In January 2025, official-news reporting described Council of Ministers approval to establish the National Genome and Human Data Centre and programme; no public enrollment milestone was identified.
- Status evidence date
- 2025-01-04
- Scale
- National scope; no participant target publicly verified.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Government of Oman · Sultan Qaboos University Medical Research Centre
- Partner organizations
- Oman Ministry of Health
- Organism / population
- Omani population
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- whole-genome sequencing
- clinical data
- population reference data
- bioinformatics
Data access
No programme dataset documented
Identifiers
- DOI
DOI:10.5001/omj.2022.107
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Government-approved national programme with earlier primary scholarly rationale and current official forum evidence.
Editorial note
Approval and intent are documented; operational cohort scale and public data access are not.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
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