If you do not wish to take part, please deregister. Then somebody else can take your place.

This leaflet provides information on the tests that can take place at the hospital to establish the nature of the abnormality. You will have received your results letter from the breast cancer screening programme. The radiologists have found an abnormality on your X-rays but they do not yet know precisely what it is. Whether it is a benign or a malignant condition can only be determined after further tests at the hospital. About two out of three women referred for further investigation are found to have a benign abnormality. We have already informed your GP of the results. If you have not been in touch with him or her yet, we would advise you to make an appointment.

On this webpage, you can find more information about the flu and flu vaccine in multiple languages.

You can download the poster presentation 'Geotagging Hepatitis A virus, a dynamic tool for public health surveillance' (PDF) from the download-box.

This page contains information materials about the national colorectal cancer screening programme. If you are between 55 and 75 years old, you will receive an invitation for colorectal cancer screening every two years.See the explanation in easy language (by Steffie)

Hepatitis A cannot be distinguished from other types of viral hepatitis on the basis of clinical or epidemiologic features alone. Serologic testing is required and acute Hepatitis A infection is confirmed by the presence of IgM anti-Hepatitis A in serum.

Molecular detection of Hepatitis A RNA and genotyping has been an important tool to characterize the virus and improve the surveillance on the diversity of Hepatitis A strains around the globe.

You have taken part in the bowel cancer screening programme and have submitted a stool sample (faeces or ‘poop’) for testing. The results show that your sample contains traces of blood. There are a number of possible reasons for this. It could be a sign of bowel cancer, but it may also be due to benign polyps, haemorrhoids (piles) or other causes. As yet, we don’t know. Further investigation is needed. This leaflet provides information about what happens next. Whether you wish to have the follow-up tests is entirely your own decision.