Guide: Screening programmes: a short guide. Increase effectiveness, maximize benefits and minimize harm (European Union)

Sponsor, manager or home institution: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

Primary purpose: To provide guidance to policy-makers and public health leads in the WHO European Region on planning, designing, and implementing effective screening programs while considering evidence-based decision-making, quality assurance, and minimizing potential harm, costs, and burdens on the healthcare system.

Type of information: Aims of screening programmes; Wilson & Jungner’s principles of screening; Screening programmes as pathways; Understanding how screening tests work in practice; Benefits and harm of screening; Balancing benefits and harm; Deciding whether to start or stop a screening programme; Designing effective screening programmes; Operational readiness; Operating a screening programme; Monitoring and evaluation.

Data level: European level.

Access to information: Access Information [1].