BBC World Service | Why does Malawi have such high rates of cervical cancer? - BBC World Service @BBCWorldService | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
HPV (human papillomavirus) is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause genital warts but often doesnβt have any symptoms. Itβs the leading cause of cervical cancer. The HPV vaccine is available for teenage girls in over 125 countries, but only one in eight girls have had it.
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Dorcas Wangira, the BBCβs Africa Health correspondent joins us to discuss the HPV vaccine and how some countries have used the vaccine to reduce their rates of cervical cancer.
Malawi has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the world, after Eswatini and Zambia. BBC reporter Ashley Lime, in Kenya, explains why - and tells us how Malawi is trying to improve cervical cancer treatment by installing new radiotherapy machines.
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HPV (human papillomavirus) is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause genital warts but often doesnβt have any symptoms. Itβs the leading cause of cervical cancer. The HPV vaccine is available for teenage girls in over 125 countries, but only one in eight girls have had it.
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Dorcas Wangira, the BBCβs Africa Health correspondent joins us to discuss the HPV vaccine and how some countries have used the vaccine to reduce their rates of cervical cancer.
Malawi has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the world, after Eswatini and Zambia. BBC reporter Ashley Lime, in Kenya, explains why - and tells us how Malawi is trying to improve cervical cancer treatment by installing new radiotherapy machines.
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Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk
Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
Producers: Mora Morrison, Hayley Clarke and Julia Ross-Roy
Editor: Verity Wilde
Watch more episodes from What in the World here ππ½ youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4dvYFTA_2eIltC1UeiSsJc8
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