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Endometriosis guidance w/ Julie Anne Genter: March 2, 2020

Endometriosis guidance w/ Julie Anne Genter: March 2, 2020

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Monday, March 2, 2020

Endometriosis is a common inflammatory disease estimated to affect 176 million girls and women worldwide in their reproductive years, and 120,000 in New Zealand. 

Sherry speaks to Minister for Women and Associate Health Minister Julie Anne Genter, on the launch of a new best-practice guidance for the treatment of endometriosis. This is the first of it's kind in New Zealand. Julie Anne Genter speaks on why girls, women and people with periods often have delayed diagnosis due to misconceptions around period and the issue of health equality.