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The New Zealand Cancer Control Strategy
Launched by the Minister of Health on 25 August 2003, The New Zealand Cancer
Control Strategy was developed by the Cancer Control Steering Group
with funding from the Ministry of Health and the New Zealand Cancer
Control Trust (Cancer Society of New Zealand and the Child Cancer
Foundation).
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The New Zealand Cancer Control Strategy Action Plan 2005 – 2010 provides a high-level framework for reducing the incidence and impact of cancer in New Zealand and reducing inequalities with respect to cancer. This Action Plan outlines in detail how the Strategy's objectives can be achieved. |
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The New Zealand Cancer Control Strategy is the first
phase in the development and implementation of a comprehensive
and co-ordinated programme to control cancer in New Zealand.
The strategy includes purposes, principles and goals to guide
existing and future actions to control cancer. The next phase
will involve identifying priorities for action, planning implementation
and defining processes to manage, monitor and review implementation.
The strategy can be accessed here.
Instructions on how to obtain a hard copy are provided by the
Ministry
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Report of the 2003 Cancer Control Workshop
A national workshop entitled From Policy to Action: Working
Together to Implement the Cancer Control Strategy was held in
Wellington on 30 September 2004. The workshop marked the transition
from policy development to planning for the Strategy's implementation.
It provided an opportunity for those with expertise and responsibility
in various aspects of cancer control, to identify what was needed
to ensure effective and ongoing implementation of the Strategy,
and to contribute to the development of an implementation plan.
The report of the workshop can be accessed here.
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Opportunities to improve cancer care in Australia and New Zealand
By Mark Elwood, Brian McAvoy and John Gavin. New Zealand Medical Journal 17 April 2003 Vol. 116 |
Five expert working groups were established to advise the Steering
Group and to recommend priorities for the strategy. The reports
of these groups are available below.
Reports of Expert Working Groups (EWGs)
Five expert working groups (EWGs) were appointed by the Cancer
Control Steering Group to identify and recommend objectives for
The New Zealand Cancer Control Strategy. Members selected on the
basis of their expertise are listed in the Strategy and in the reports
of each group.
The expert working group reports provide the evidence base and
rationale for including the objectives in the Strategy. This information,
together with that gathered through the consultation process for
the discussion document "Towards a Cancer Control Strategy for New
Zealand Marihi Tauporo" informed the development of the Strategy.
The discussion document is available below. The reports of the five groups, which addressed the key aspects of cancer control, include:
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EWG 1: Prevention Expert Working Group |
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EWG 2: Screening and Early Detection Working Group |
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EWG 3: Treatment Working Group |
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EWG 4: Rehabilitation and Support Expert Working Group |
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EWG 5: Palliative Care Expert Working Group |
A complete list of the proposed objectives of the EWGs can be found here. Also included is reference to the relevant EWG report where they can be found.
Towards a Cancer Control Strategy for New Zealand Marihi Tauporo
On 5 December 2002 Health Minister Annette King released for consultation a cancer control discussion document developed by the Cancer Control Steering Group. Consultation on the document, which took place between 5 December 2002 and 14 March 2003, included public forums, along with written submissions from individuals and key stakeholders with an interest and involvement in the control of cancer. Analysis of consultation feedback informed the final development of The New Zealand Cancer Control Strategy.
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Towards a Cancer Control Strategy for New Zealand
Marihi Tauporo, the discussion document, outlines the
two parts to be included in a New Zealand Cancer Control Strategy.
The first is a high-level framework, including a purpose, principles
and goals to guide existing and future actions to control cancer
in New Zealand. The second includes a series of evidence-based
objectives for the short to medium term. The discussion document
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Background Papers
In early 2001 the New Zealand Cancer Control Trust produced the following
reports under contract to the Public Health Directorate of the New
Zealand Ministry of Health.
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Progress Towards a New Zealand Cancer Control Strategy
(2001) reviews the burden of cancer and trends in New Zealand,
overseas approaches to reducing the incidence and impact of
cancer through comprehensive national cancer control strategies,
and existing work that could form part of the New Zealand strategy. |
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The Development of a National Cancer Control Strategy (2001)
describes how a cancer control strategy can be developed, building
upon the considerable amount of work already undertaken in New
Zealand on various components of cancer control. |
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