UAE: Premarital tests to help prevent genetic diseases Web Report/Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan chairs the Ministerial Development Council meeting. — Wam photo The step aims to prevent mental and physical disabilities and reduce child mortality rates. The UAE’s Ministerial Development Council (MDC) has reviewed a study on premarital screening for genetic diseases. It also discussed ways to reduce the prevalence of genetic diseases. The step aims at prevention of mental and physical disabilities and reducing mortality rate among children, state news agency Wam reported. This came as the council met under the chairmanship of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.