Press Release – Cancer Society Wellington, 9 May 2021 Cancer Society of New Zealand is pleased to see the Government will invest $53 million to design and implement a new test to detect cervical cancers. The new test for humanpapillomavirus (HPV) is expected to replace the current smear …
Wellington, 9 May 2021 – Cancer Society of New Zealand is pleased to see the Government will invest $53 million to design and implement a new test to detect cervical cancers.
The new test for humanpapillomavirus (HPV) is expected to replace the current smear test that 1.4 million eligible women between the ages of 25 to 69 use.
Lucy Elwood, Chief Executive of the Cancer Society, says the target for the National Cervical Screening Programme was 80% of eligible women screened prior to 2018. The latest figures indicate 72.1% of eligible women were screened.
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A new self-administered test is expected to boost the participation of wāhine Māori in programmes to pick up cervical cancer at an early stage.
Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall says next week’s Budget will include funding of up to $53 million to complete the design of and implement a new test for human papilloma virus, which causes 99 percent of cervical cancers.
The new HPV test is a simple swab women can do themselves, and will replace the current smear test.
Dr Verral says it will be more acceptable to those wāhine Māori who are not in the National Cervical Screening Programme, often because of the time, cost and whakamā associated with taking the smear test.
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Media release from Minister of Health Andrew Little and associate health minister Ayesha Verrall
Monday 10 May 2021, 08:50 AM
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Budget 2021 funds a more effective cervical screening test to help reduce cervical cancer rates
A new breast screening system that can proactively identify and enrol eligible women to reach 271,000 more people who aren’t currently in the programme.
Budget 2021 delivers a better cervical screening test and a major upgrade of the breast cancer screening system to reduce the number of people who die from the two diseases.
“We are able to invest in and implement changes in health that will deliver for all New Zealanders thanks to our economy performing better than forecast because of the Government’s successful management of COVID-19,” Health Minister Andrew Little said, in a pre-Budget announcement.
Press Release – Ministry of Health Budget 2021 funds a more effective cervical screening test to help reduce cervical cancer rates A new breast screening system that can proactively identify and enrol eligible women to reach 271,000 more people who arent currently in the programme. …
Budget 2021 funds a more effective cervical screening test to help reduce cervical cancer rates
A new breast screening system that can proactively identify and enrol eligible women to reach 271,000 more people who aren’t currently in the programme.
Budget 2021 delivers a better cervical screening test and a major upgrade of the breast cancer screening system to reduce the number of people who die from the two diseases.
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.