NZLetitia Harding, chief executive of the newly formed Cardiac and Respiratory Foundation, is calling on the next government to fund a nationally available lung cancer screening program. The foundation was created by merging four existing charities focused on heart and lung health, aiming to provide a unified voice for advocacy. Harding emphasized the importance of targeted rather than blanket screening due to cost considerations and highlighted the extensive groundwork already done by the Lung Foundation. She also mentioned another priority: securing public funding for RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). The foundation will be formally launched in Auckland by the Minister of Health.
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