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.