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'Endometriosis - the brave face disease of women'
Vision/Mission
Vision
Endometriosis New Zealand is a national organisation focused on:
- Creating awareness
- Delivering education, information and support services and programmes
- Collecting core research data and fostering research
And is - An advocate for a multi-disciplinary holistic approach to the treatment of endometriosis
- Integrated with health organisations and clinicians
Strategies
- To represent all New Zealanders affected by endometriosis
- To raise awareness and knowledge of endometriosis
- To promote the benefits of early intervention and management
- To identify and reduce barriers women and girls with endometriosis face including those with suggestive symptoms to ensure appropriate treatment and management can be accessed
- To support and foster research
- To promote multi-disciplinary holistic treatment best practice
- To monitor and support services for endometriosis
- To actively lobby the combined market involved with endometriosis, including the New Zealand Government for improved outcomes.
Target population and outreach
- Women and girls throughout New Zealand
- National endometriosis support network groups
- Families, colleagues and friends of those with endometriosis
- Secondary schools and tertiary institutions
- Health professionals
- Related health organisations and service providers
- Workplace
- Government
- Researchers
- Sponsors / donors
- Associated trade
Endometriosis New Zealand is at the forefront of internationally recognised services and programmes and has been a recipient of the following awards:
- Commonwealth Award for Excellence in Women's Health
- Paul Newman Own Foundation Award
- New Zealand Health Innovation Award finalist in 2007 for the me programme
