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From 1st January 2017 eligibility for the funded HPV vaccine will be extended to include males aged 9-26 inclusively and females aged 20-26 inclusively, in addition to girls aged 9-20 who are currently funded. HPV is a very common virus that is spread through intimate skin contact. The vaccine is designed to protect you from […]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Breast cancer is the most common female cancer with approximately 2,800 women being diagnosed with breast cancer each year. It will affect one in nine New Zealand women over their lifetime. While uncommon, men can get breast cancer too. These days breast cancer’s much more treatable if its found […]
Blue September is the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s national awareness campaign. Every year around 600 men die in New Zealand of prostate cancer. That is more than 600 fathers, sons, brothers, grandfathers – gone! This happens because men don’t know how dangerous the disease is, they don’t talk to their doctor about it, they simply don’t […]
There are confirmed cases of measles in the Wellington region, so we are asking for your assistance in helping to minimise the spread of this infectious disease. Regional Public Health advises, on their website, that “Measles is a serious and highly infectious viral disease.” “It is spread from person to person through the air by […]
