Ifeoma Okoye, a Radiologist recently disclosed at the inauguration of a School-Based Cervical Cancer Vaccination Awareness Initiative in Lagos that 26 women die daily from cervical cancer.
Okoye, who is the Founder, Breast Without Spot (BWS) Initiative, an NGO, said cervical cancer was killing more people worldwide than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria put together.
Hear her:
“We conducted a survey and discovered that cervical cancer is the second killer cancer among women and Nigeria is also the tenth in cervical cancer deaths worldwide.
“Forty-eight million women are at risk, 17, 550 women are diagnosed yearly, 9, 659 women die annually and 26 women on daily basis in Nigeria.
“This is alarming and most of the cases are rampant in the developing countries like Nigeria.
“It, therefore, requires a proactive political commitment to fight the scourge,”
Women should to go for regular screening for early detection and prompt treatment.
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