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Ministry of Health:
The Ministry of Health recommends a co-ordinated approach to the prevention of cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases in New Zealand. This involves HPV immunisation, regular cervical screening, health education about behaviours that increase the risk of disease and the prompt diagnosis and treatment of precancerous lesions and cancer.
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World Health Organization:
The World Health Organization endorses HPV vaccination programmes as part of an integrated cervical cancer prevention strategy that includes cervical cancer screening and sexual health education. WHO Position Paper on HPV Vaccination, Weekly Epidemiological Record, 9 April 2009.
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RANZCOG:
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) recommends the vaccination of females aged 9–26 years against HPV, with the initial vaccination target of females aged 11 or 12 years. Both Australia and New Zealand have initiated National HPV Vaccination Programmes, which are endorsed by the RANZCOG.
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Family Planning:
Family Planning endorses the HPV immunisation programme, supported by women having regular cervical smears, as the best protection for New Zealand women against cervical cancer. We encourage young women to join the immunisation programme which, alongside regular screening, gives them better protection than ever before against this disease which takes the lives of about 60 New Zealand women every year and which causes many more to have invasive treatment. For further information about Family Planning, visit their website, www.familyplanning.org.nz.
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Silver Ribbon Foundation for Gynaecological Cancer:
The Silver Ribbon Foundation fully supports initiatives to reduce the incidence of all forms of gynaecological cancers in New Zealand. The Silver Ribbon Foundation welcomes and supports the HPV immunisation programme in New Zealand schools and recognises that HPV immunisation, along with regular cervical screening between the ages of 20 and 70, offers the most effective protection against cervical cancer. For further information about the Silver Ribbon Foundation, visit their website, www.silverribbon.co.nz.
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