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HEALTH-KENYA: NEW VISUAL TEST SCREENS FOR CERVICAL CANCER.

Publication: Interpress Service
Publication Date: 01-OCT-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
By Susan Anyangu

NAIROBI, Oct. 1, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - Faced with an increase in the number of cervical cancer cases, Kenya has adopted a simple, cheap yet effective visual inspection method of detection. Ideal for low resource settings, the test is offering reprieve to thousands of women who die annually from the disease.

"It is now possible to test for lesions that if left alone will lead to cervical cancer. Using table vinegar, which costs less than a dollar, we can test six to ten women," says Margaret Odhiambo a nursing officer at Kisumu Provincial Hospital.

Government hospitals in Kenya are now encouraging women of reproductive age to undergo the free test.

"We are now testing between 20 to 30 women in a day which is a marked increase from past records when we relied on Pap smear. In the past women have been coming to us when the disease has advanced and little...

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