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WHA’s Submission on Changes to the Cervical Screening Programme
November 03, 2015
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Read the submission by Policy Analyst Dr Sandy Hall and Holly Coulter to the National Screening Unit on proposed changes to the National Cervical Screening Programme to make HPV testing the primary screening tool. Read the submission
Continue Reading →Scotland’s health minister apologises to mesh implant victims
October 07, 2015
Last year the Scottish Government suspended the use of surgical mesh pending a review by a government led Expert Group. This week they released their report, which while saying mesh surgeries may be safe in many cases, highlights significant change is needed in the way issues of treat
Continue Reading →Coerced Contraception: A Reproductive Justice Perspective
October 06, 2015
By George ParkerWomen’s Health Action was concerned to see women’s contraceptive choices back in the headlines last week following the release of a critical interim report of Child, Youth and Family (CYF) by an expert review panel. Media reports stated that the interim report included
Continue Reading →Gender Pay Gap at a Six-Year High
October 05, 2015
Recently, Statistics New Zealand published data showing that as wages have risen over the past year, so has the gender pay gap.The gender pay gap is now at a six-year high, having risen to 11.8 per cent in the year to June 30.There is also a persisting ethnic pay gap. Maori and Pacifi
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Vol 19 No. 3, Spring 2015
October 04, 2015
Our Spring issue includes: Making sense of proposed changes to the HART Act Strategy for the Health of Older Persons Breastfeeding and Working Big Latch On 2015 Cartwright Symposium Download: WHU Spring 2015References/Footnotes: References/Footnotes WHU Spring 2015Sign up to receive o
Continue Reading →WHA’s Submission on Family Violence
October 01, 2015
Read our policy analyst Dr Sandy Hall’s submission to the Ministry of Justice on the Family Violence Law Review below Family violence submission WHA Sept 2015
Continue Reading →National Screening Unit Cervical Screening Consultation – October
September 30, 2015
The National Screening Unit is considering changing the primary laboratory test used in the Cervical Screening Programme from cytology, to a test for human papillomavirus (HPV). They are proposing to implement HPV testing as the primary screening test in 2018.The public are invited to
Continue Reading →WHA’s Suffrage Celebration
September 27, 2015
On Wednesday 16th September, to commemorate 122 years of women’s suffrage in Aotearoa New Zealand, Women’s Health Action hosted our annual Suffrage Commemoration with guest speaker Dr Ngahuia Te Awekotuku.Ngahui reflected on 45 years since the growth of Second Wave feminis
Continue Reading →WHA’s Submission on Health Of Older People in New Zealand
September 14, 2015
Read our policy analyst Dr Sandy Hall’s submission to the Ministry of Health on the Strategy for the Health of Older Persons belowSubmission on Health of Older People In New Zealand final
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