Ministry keen to move to DIY cervical screen test in bid to close equity gap

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Ministry keen to move to DIY cervical screen test in bid to close equity gap

Maori women
Māori women have twice the cervical cancer incidence of New Zealand European women and three times the likelihood of death from cervical cancer, but the current cytology-based Cervical Cancer Screening Programme reaches fewer Māori women
Women’s lives can potentially be saved by giving them the option of obtaining their own sample for human papillomavirus testing. Researchers want