NAWA — preventive health for couples
Know before marriage what your children could inherit — so you can protect them before it starts.
NAWA didn't start on a whiteboard. It started with a real story.
Two completely healthy parents. No symptoms. No diagnosis. No family history pointing to anything. Even the grandparents on both sides had lived healthy lives.
What they didn't know was that they — both of them — silently carried the same rare genetic variant. A single dormant gene. Invisible, painless, indistinguishable in daily life. But when the two of them married, one probability opened: a 1 in 4 chance in every pregnancy that a child would inherit both copies, and live the disease their parents never saw.
"I was the surprise no one could have predicted. There was no test available at the time, no medical technology they could reach. Even if they had looked, there was nowhere to go. We built NAWA so no other couple starts their life without the chance to know."
This is the invisible math of recessive inheritance: two healthy people + the same silent variant = a 25% chance in every pregnancy. 25% that shows on no one's face. 25% with no obvious family history. 25% that — until very recently — was completely unseeable.
Today the technology exists. The test exists. The chance exists. Our mission is to make sure that chance reaches every couple before the biggest decision of their lives.
That every couple knows — before marriage — what their children could inherit, so they can protect them ahead of time.
Clinical-grade sequencing
Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) as standard, Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) on request.
Trusted global partners
Internationally accredited laboratories with strict clinical standards.
Trusted local partners
Saudi medical labs and licensed clinicians for sample and counseling.
Accessible to everyone
At-home sample, guidance in your language, results delivered privately.
- • Privacy first — we never sell your data, and it is shared only with the laboratory and clinicians delivering your test, with your consent.
- • Documented chain-of-custody from home to lab.
- • Licensed genetic counseling before and after your result.
- • Your result reaches you first — never a third party.
In most of our stories, she is the one searching, asking, and looking for a real answer before her biggest decision. Her partner most often shows up to give her what she needs. NAWA is built to answer her questions honestly — and to make saying yes easy for him too. No pressure, no judgment, every background welcome.