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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