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For Health Professionals

This section of the website contains information for people who work in the screening area, who refer people to screening programmes or who have an interest in screening.

The National Screening Unit leads, oversees and co-ordinates organised screening programmes in New Zealand. The Unit is responsible for five programmes.

  • Antenatal HIV screening
  • BreastScreen Aotearoa
  • National Cervical Screening Programme 
  • Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme
  • 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.

Screening is a dynamic area, and this section of the website will keep health professionals up-to-date with the latest developments in New Zealand's screening programmes.


New communications campaign for the National Cervical Screening Programme scheduled for launch in mid September