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Can African countries beat cervical cancer?
70,000 African women die from cervical cancer each year…90% could be saved
More than 70,000 women in Africa lose their lives to cervical cancer each year.
Almost all the countries with the highest rates of the disease are on the continent.
But a cervical cancer diagnosis doesn’t need to be a death sentence.
It’s caused by a virus which, if caught early can be treated.
And there’s also a vaccine that can prevent girls getting the virus in the first place.
So, why are women in Africa still dying of cervical cancer?
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