EVERYDAY, six women die due to cervical cancer in our country, Dr Paul Kamfwa, who is from the National Council Control programme, has disclosed. Meanwhile, Cervical Cancer survivor Karen Nakawala notes that many women shun cervical cancer screening because some men take the vagina as their property and feel jealous at the thought of someone else going to check on it at screening facilities. In a Webinar on cancer which was hosted by Caring Hands and AHETI recently, Dr Kamfwa revealed that Zambia loses six women to cervical cancer daily. “So, when you look at Zambia, our population is about 19.6 million and out of that, 10 million are females. Now, when you look at these 10 million, the ones...

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