Norman Swan
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15,981 appearances
143 recordings
2 series
first heard Jul 2005
last heard 3d ago
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And people think of this as a cervical cancer vaccine, but it's more than that.
It is.
So human papillomavirus can cause other cancers, so it can actually be a contributing factor in some oral cancers, in anal cancers as well.
And some people believe it's ophageal cancer too.
It is actually amazing that we might eliminate cervical cancer Norman.
Like as a GP, this is a big part of what I do.
And that's partly due to the vaccination programme, but also due to the cervical cancer screening programme, which you still need to have done every five years if you have a cervix.
You can now do self collection, but even if you're vaccinated, you should still have the screening test done.
Yep, it's a very important complement to this process, which um is now every five years and um involves looking for the virus and then there's a whole protocol around that, but it's certainly less invasive than it used to be.
The unfortunate thing is that I actually saw a comment from Associate Professor Marilyn Clark, who is an obstetrician gynecologist this week, talking about that under the current vaccination and screening rates in Australia, First Nations women were actually projected to be twenty-one years behind.
other Australian women in terms of cervical cancer elimination.
So the First Nations women population when it comes to cervical cancer is still much more vulnerable.
The rates are higher.
And so yeah, it's just sad that it's not unanimously everybody in Australia is on track for twenty thirty five.
That gap just gets everywhere and it's we should be ashamed of it.
There's a new Senate committee which has been formed which is going to highlight women's experiences, particularly in the postpartum phase.
Now this is
I think it's amazing it has taken us this long to get here.
But this committee's going to look at several things.
They're going to look at postpartum healthcare, they're going to look at people's experiences of medical misogyny, women's psychological experiences in the postpartum phase, the amount of reproductive support they get.
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