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Table 2

Pre-requisites for screening programs.

1. The condition is important with serious consequences to health and wellbeing.
2. The natural history of the condition has been documented.
3. There is a pre-symptomatic or early symptomatic stage, when a reliable diagnosis can be made.
4. There is a diagnostic test that is easy and cost effective to perform and which is reliable, sensitive and specific.
5. There should be a safe, effective, non-invasive or minimally invasive treatment.

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