insert_link Health / Medical Cancer Association Urges Action During Cervical Cancer Awareness Month January marks Cervical Cancer Awareness and Elimination Month, and the Cancer Association of Namibia, WO30, is calling on the public to fight this largely preventable disease. Limited access to screening and HPV vaccination continues to put marginalized groups and people living with HIV at risk. C.A.N CEO Rolf Hansen: today20 January, 2026
insert_link Health / Medical What is cervical cancer and how can it be prevented? Answers to key questions By Abba Mallum, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Beatrice M’mboga Akala, University of the Witwatersrand; Maureen Bilinga Tendwa, Rhodes University; Rakiya Saidu, University of Cape Town; Stephen Avery, University of Pennsylvania; Twalib Ngoma, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, and Wil Ngwa, Johns Hopkins University In 2020 the World Health Organization rolled out a global strategy to eradicate cervical cancer by 2030. This is the fourth-most […] today24 June, 2024
insert_link Health / Medical New TB skin test could offer cheaper and easier way to detect the disease By Yvette Naudé, University of Pretoria Detecting tuberculosis early could play a significant role in eradicating the world’s most deadly infectious disease. The World Health Organization says 1.5 million people die from this devastating disease each year. People infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the TB bacteria that attack the lungs, often do not know that they have it until their symptoms become severe. Two out of every […] today28 March, 2024
