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Current NSU Programmes

The National Screening Unit is currently responsible for five screening programmes and one quality improvement programme.

This section of the website gives information on the National Screening Unit's five screening programmes:

  • BreastScreen Aotearoa
  • National Cervical Screening Programme
  • Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme
  • Antenatal Screening for HIV
  • Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Programme

The National Screening Unit is also responsible for introducing the quality improvement measures for antenatal screening for Down syndrome and other anomalies.

There is further information on these programmes under the "For Health Professionals" section of the site.

The National Screening Unit provides policy advice to the Minister of Health on other areas of screening.  If you would like further infomation on these areas, see the section "Other screening areas".




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