In 2014, Women’s Health Action presented to the government a proposal for a strategy. The call to have a national strategy to address women’s health issues is not a new one. The other strategies are the New Zealand Health Strategy, Pae Tū: Hauora Māori Strategy, Te Mana Ola: the Pacific Health Strategy, the Health of Disabled People Strategy and the Rural Health Strategy. The strategy was presented by minister of health Ayesha Verrall, one of six that make up the government’s health system reforms, also known as the Pae Ora Healthy Futures Bill. Over the next six to eight months, the government will develop an action plan to describe the tangible changes needed to tackle these priority areas. Instead, the 53-page strategy has an overarching vision to create a health system that works for women by focusing on four key priority areas. The prioritiesġ) The overarching theme of building a health system that works for women, by eliminating gender and cultural biases as well as racism, and creating a space where all women can access healthcare and are represented both in leadership positions and in the health workforce.Ģ) Improving healthcare for issues specific to women and people assigned female at birth, including access to contraception, conditions like endometriosis and cancers like breast and ovarian.ģ) Staying true to the message “healthy wāhine are needed for healthy whānau” by ensuring women and their whānau feel supported, especially during pregnancy and the early childhood years.Ĥ) Living well and ageing well is the strategy’s fourth priority, which will address women living with illness, disability and long-term health conditions.Īssociate health minister Willow-Jean Prime says the strategy released last week is “high-level”, meaning it doesn’t delve into the specific changes needed, or every single women’s health issue. The government took a big step forward last week when it announced six new health strategies that aim to improve health outcomes across the country.Īmong them is the country’s first-ever women’s health strategy, which is being welcomed as an exciting milestone by women’s health experts and advocacy groups like Project Gender, who are now waiting to see what tangible differences the strategy makes. What is it, why do we need it and will it make any difference? Zahra Shahtahmasebi explains. New Zealand now has its first-ever women’s health strategy.
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