Alaana Linney: Shifting workplace stigma - HPV

'Women being put off cancer screening due to misunderstanding'

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Bupa Health Clinics director debunks some myths about human papillomavirus

I recently wrote an opinion piece about gender diversity and how women's health plays into it. I felt compelled to write about the subject again after news this week highlighted that women could be being put off life-saving cervical cancer screening because of stigma and misunderstanding around human papillomavirus (HPV): a very common infection that is spread through close skin-to-skin contact, typically sexual activity. This made me think how businesses and healthcare leaders like ourselves can be part of the movement in shifting this stigma around HPV and other female health subjects,...

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