Phase 3 of Singapore’s mega gene-mapping effort to enrol at least 400,000 patients

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national programme to map genomes for preventive, personalised treatments, to gather data from 400,000 to 450,000 patients recruited directly from healthcare settings....Precision medicine is a targeted approach to disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual differences in genes, environments and lifestyles

We must move from a system that reacts to illness to one that predicts and prevents it – and ultimately preserves health

how genetic information can be used to guide drug use and assess disease risk

To support the adoption of precision medicine, the Ministry of Health (MOH) is providing financial support for genetic tests so that those who are recommended for such testing will not be deterred by the cost

To assure the public that the use of genetic information will not affect their insurance coverage, MOH introduced a moratorium in 2021 preventing insurers from using genetic test results in underwriting. The protection has since been extended to cover all FH diagnostic genetic results under the national programme.

This is not just preventive care, but predictive preventive care.

Qn: How effectively is public health promoted and managed in your society? (Cam. 2015)