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While this webinar was designed to support health professionals, we think sharing this with our community and the public will provide many vital insights into the connection between HPV and head & neck cancer. Special thanks to our Board truste
This year for #worldheadandneckcancerday we were lucky enough to team up with @highteahoneys to throw a Mad Hatter's Tea Party at @zephyr_cafe_wellington! It was a fabulous afternoon of wonderland-themed food and drink, prize-winning costumes and a
There's just a handful of tickets left for our fundraising High Tea @zephyr_cafe_wellington on Sunday 27 July! Join us for a whimsical and meaningful afternoon filled with delicious food and drink, a charity auction and raffle, and crazy hat contes
Event announcement! 📢 To mark World Head and Neck Cancer Day we're remembering Val Kilmer with a fundraiser screening of Top Gun (1986) at the iconic @hollywoodavondale! Tickets include automatic entry into our raffle, and the Hollywood bar will
Our Chair of Trustees Dr Swee Tan on @1newsnz discussing our HPV Health Economy study. Our report shows that boosting HPV vaccination rates in New Zealand would reduce burden of disease, reduce health inequities and reduce costs to the health sector
It's 2 days until #HPVAwarenessDay! So we're sharing the headlines from our HPV Health Economy study which we launched last year. Swipe to read the key findings 👆 Our report underscores the urgent need to improve Aotearoa's HPV vaccination rates. H
Image repost from @stieducationfoundation for World Head and Neck Cancer Day. For many years, smoking and alcohol were the leading cause of throat cancer. Now, over 70% throat cancer cases are attributed to HPV (human papillomavirus). And the numbe
Today is #WorldHeadandNeckCancerDay. We've teamed up with @hncaotearoa (who created this excellent graphic) to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms, and ways to prevent head and neck cancer. The symptoms caused by these cancers vary, depending
If you're a caregiver, we'd encourage you to get your children vaccinated against HPV - this is a cancer preventing vaccine. If you or someone you know missed out on HPV vaccination at school, or if you're not sure if you've had it, speak to your he
This #hpvawarenessday we're calling for a drive towards a 90% HPV vaccination rate for eligible young people here in Aotearoa NZ. Our current rate is ~ 60%, including a cohort of approx 32,000 young people who missed out on HPV vaccination entirely d
Upcoming March 4th is #hpvawarenessday. This is relevant to us at the Head and Neck Cancer Foundation Aotearoa because over 70% oropharyngeal (throat) cancer cases are caused by HPV (human papillomavirus) - overtaking tobacco and alcohol as the main