Can African countries beat cervical cancer?

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Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D., @ChutkaMD

Guest: Evelyn A. Reynolds, M.D.

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month | Cervical cancer is the fourth most common malignancy in women worldwide, although the number of new cas ...

Cervical cancer is both treatable and preventable, and the WHO has called for countries to come together to to eliminate the disease in the next century.However the disease still kills over 300,000 people each year, and levels of screening, treatment and vaccination need to be st ...  Show more

As countries have struggled with disease and death throughout the coronavirus pandemic, one part of the world seems to have been mostly spared: central and western Africa.

South Africa was deeply affected by waves of the coronavirus, as were countries in East Africa like ...

Invitée : Francine Ntoumi, épidémiologiste congolaise. Depuis le début de la pandémie, l'Afrique recense 8,5 millions de cas de Covid-19 et plus de 210 000 morts. Aujourd'hui, seulement 4 % des Africains sont primo-vaccinés, un résultat très éloigné de l'objectif annoncé par le p ...  Show more