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The Ministry of Health is to fully fund a new cervical screening programme and human papillomavirus (HPV) self-testing for wāhine Māori, Pasifika, community service card holders, and those who have never been screened or haven’t been tested in the past five years.
Hei Āhuru Mōwai – Māori Cancer Leadership Network chair Nona Scott says the funding save lives, removing barriers for wāhine Māori and tangata Māori who have a cervix by increasing access to cervical screening.
She says access inequities and bias within the health system mean wāhine Māori are more than twice as likely to have their cancers diagnosed at a late stage compared to non-Māori women and 1.4 times more likely than non-Māori women to die in five years due to a late diagnosis.
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