Al-Jawhara Centre (AJC) is a specialized Centre in Molecular
Medicine with a particular interest in
Genetics and Inherited Disorders, providing clinical services, molecular diagnostics, and research. It is also an academic institute offering higher
education in Molecular
Medicine for medical students.AJC is driven by its clinical and diagnostic services
business units. It provides patients and their families with quality genetic care. It also provides data for research, content, teachers, and doctors to its knowledge hub for distribution to outreach partners.Indeed, the Centre’s vision is to be a leading molecular
medicine Centre, uniquely positioned to serve the
health needs of the GCC citizens, and globally recognized for excellence in research and development, clinical services, and
health education.Providing a broad range of evidence based, integrated, clinical, and diagnostics services in molecular medicine, that meet the needs of the GCC population on a not-for-profit basis; raising awareness of genetic diseases and their impact on the
health of the individual and of the society, as well as the knowledge of their causes, and methods of diagnosis and treatment; providing combined Assisted Reproduction Technologies (ART) and Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) services to international standards, as well as being a referral Centre of choice from across the region, providing access to high quality
screening programmes required by the Kingdom of Bahrain’s Ministry of Health, and supporting other
public health screening programmes in the GCC, providing genetic clinics and genetic counselling services that complement AJC’s clinical and diagnostic services, establishing partnerships, affiliations, and collaborations to develop and enhance the Centre’s research capability both regionally and internationally;
Last Updated on: Nov 25, 2024