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Press Release – Science Media Centre A new test that gives women the option to self-screen for cervical cancer, and a more proactive breast screening system, will be funded in Budget 2021. The changes aim to address long-standing inequities around cervical cancer and barriers to getting …
A new test that gives women the option to self-screen for cervical cancer, and a more proactive breast screening system, will be funded in Budget 2021.
The changes aim to address long-standing inequities around cervical cancer and barriers to getting screened. The Government says only 61 per cent of eligible wāhine Māori are reached by the current cervical cancer screening programme.
Budget 2021: Government unveils monumental new breast and cervical cancer prevention funding
9 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall at a women s health clinic. Photo / Jason Walls
Jason Walls is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjason.walls@nzme.co.nz@Jasonwalls92
News the Government will fund new HPV self tests in a bid to fight cervical cancer in New Zealand has come as monumental news for advocates and experts.
And for many women across the country, the funding could be life-saving. The Government s announcement [yesterday] on women s health is monumental for whānau Māori and for Aotearoa/New Zealand, says School of Indigenous Graduate Studies Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Professor Mera Penehira.