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Pacific cervical-screening campaign

Pacific cervical-screening campaign

Māori and Pacific women have lower rates of cervical- and breast-cancer screening than women of other ethnicities. This poster produced by the National Cervical Screening Programme encouraged Pacific women to be checked for cervical cancer.

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Kerryn Pollock, 'Health and society - Health services', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ephemera/30753/pacific-cervical-screening-campaign (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 6 Apr 2018