National Health Screening Programme

The Cardiovascular Risk Factors Screening involves:

• Answering a series of health-related questions;
• Physical measurements (such as your weight, height, and blood pressure) and
• A blood test to measure fasting blood sugar and cholesterol levels

Eligibility Criteria:

• Men and women who are citizens and permanent residents of Brunei Darussalam aged 40 years and above
• Currently do not have follow-up appointments at health centres/clinics or specialist clinics for pre-existing conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, high cholesterol, heart diseases, or stroke.

CRC screening uses a test called the ‘Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT), which checks your stool sample for the presence of blood. The sample is sent to the laboratory for analysis.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Men and women who are citizens and permanent residents of Brunei Darussalam aged 50 to 75 years
• No current or previous history of colorectal cancer
• Have not had a colonoscopy done within the last 10 years
• Have not had a stool test to detect blood in the last 2 years

Breast cancer screening involves performing a mammogram, which is an x-ray that takes detailed images of the breast.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Any women who are Brunei citizens and permanent residents aged 40 to 69 years
• No known history of breast cancer
• No previous history of breast disease
• Have not had a mammogram in the last 3 years

Cervical cancer screening involves performing a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) test which can detect HPV infections – the commonest cause of cervical cancer.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Any women who are Brunei citizens and permanent residents aged 25 to 65 years
• Sexually active
• No previous history of cervical cancer
• Have not had PAP Smear in the last 3 years or an HPV test in the last 5 years