Cervical Cancer Fight Hots Up
Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children Ummy Mwalimu has announced that Tanzania will provide cervical cancer vaccination starting in April 2018, which will be administered to girls aged between 9 and 13 years.
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Tanzania:
Cervical Cancer Fight Hots Up
Daily News, 17 December 2017
MINISTER for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Ms Ummy Mwalimu has assured Tanzanians that the government through her ministry is looking forward to… Read more »
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Tanzania:
'Early Sexual Involvement Puts Girls At Cervical Cancer Risk'
Daily News, 15 December 2017
YOUNG girls, especially schoolgirls, who engage in sexual intercourse, should have a second thought after findings by health experts showed that they are at risk of getting… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Cancer Screening Covers Many, Falsehoods Trashed
Daily News, 12 December 2017
MORE than 1,000 women underwent screening for different types of cancer in a campaign dubbed PrevAcamp, focused on curbing the disease in Kilimanjaro region. Read more »
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Tanzania:
State Eyes Universal Cervical Cancer Screening
Daily News, 22 November 2017
EACH public health centre will be providing initial cervical cancer treatment by December next year in efforts to fight the deadly malady, the government declared yesterday. Read more »
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