Protecting the Future: Kano’s Global Shapers Educate Schoolgirls on HPV and Its Vaccine
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Mahdi Garba [Lead writer] When Radeeyah Nasir is not at her job as a registrar in the obstetrics and gynaecology unit of…
Leading The Way: Nigeria’s Next Steps on the Path to Cervical Cancer Elimination
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Professor Isaac Adewole and H.E. Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu (Guest Writers) Editor’s note: Yesterday, Nigeria achieved a significant milestone by incorporating the human…
Towards Cancer Elimination in Africa: Is Rwanda the Example to Follow?
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By Lydia Atieno (Lead Writer) Thirty-five-year-old Christelle Uwamahoro had always been aware of the significance of cervical cancer screenings. Community health workers…
Waiting in Hope: Alice’s Cervical Cancer Story
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It has been 10 months since 44-year-old Alice Akin* received a cervical cancer diagnosis. “Will the pain ever go away? It is…
Nigeria’s First Ladies and the WHO advocate for the urgent need to eliminate cervical cancer
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Editor’s Note: In this week’s Thought Leadership piece, Nigeria’s First Ladies Against Cancer (FLAC) and Dr Nono Simelela of the World Health…
Introducing Cervical Cancer Screening in Nigeria through a Social Franchise Project
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Cervical Cancer is the most common female cancer in developing countries, with approximately 500,000 new cases and 250,000 deaths each year. In…