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

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 05:00 AM

Beverley Lawton, director of Victoria University’s Te Tātai Hauora o Hine Centre for Women’s Health Research, says every delay to HPV screening is leading to preventable cancers

Treaty of Waitangi obligations require looking especially at making sure Māori women have access to the self-testing approach A study led by Vict

Victoria University of Wellington

Adcock A, Cram F, Lawton B, et al. Acceptability of self‐taken vaginal HPV sample for cervical screening among an under‐screened Indigenous population. Aust NZ J Obstet Gynaecol 2019; 7 January online

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Prostate cancer consultations are common in primary care and there is no one approach to testing and treatment that fits all patients. Urologist Simon van Rij discusses the key considerations and options for personalised care, appropriate investigation and treatment

Wednesday 11 September 2024, 12:45 AM