In July 1985, Taiwan introduced a comprehensive neonatal screening program targeting phenylketonuria, homocystinuria, galactosemia, G6PD deficiency (commonly associated with favism), and congenital hypothyroidism.
我國從一九八五年七月展開全面性新生兒篩檢，項目包括：苯酮尿症、高胱胺酸尿症、半乳糖血症、葡萄糖─六─磷酸鹽去氫酵素缺乏症（俗稱蠶豆症）、先天性甲狀腺功能低下症等五種疾病。