Cervical Cancer: The cancer killing Nigerian women
By Guardian Exclusive
14 March 2019 |
1:56 pm
Every two minutes globally, a woman dies of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that affects the lowest part of the uterus. In 2017, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among Nigerian women.
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