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Advocates push for HPV self-testing start after Kiri Allan cancer diagnosis – Stuff.co.nz
MPs shock cancer diagnosis has highlighted the need for wahine to get a cervical smear, that could save their life & reverse the shocking statistics.
This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and is republished with permission.
Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan’s shock cancer diagnosis has highlighted the need for Mori women to get a cervical smear, that could save their life and reverse the shocking statistics.
The 37-year-old Minister of Conservation and Emergency Management has stage 3 cervical cancer, and admitted in a Facebook post she delayed getting checked out because she wasn’t comfortable with the invasive test.
She got a smear…
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