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“28 Nigerian women die from cervical cancer daily”

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2023 0

BY DOOSUUR IWAMBE Prof. Adegboyega Fawole of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ilorin, says about 28 Nigerian women die of cervical cancer daily. Fawole said this on Friday in Ilorin while delivering his paper at the 231st Inaugural Lecture of the University with

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More women die from cervical cancer -FG

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2020 0

Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The federal government has said that despite being preventable and curable, cervical cancer has remained the second most common cancer among women with the second highest death rate in Nigeria. The minister of health, Dr Osagie Ehanire who made this disclosure during the official launch of the global strategy for the elimination […]

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Kwara to screen 3, 000 women for breast cancer– Commissioner

Ihesiulo Grace 6 February 2020 0

The Kwara state government on Wednesday launched a state-wide screening of women for breast and cervical cancer as part of activities to mark the 2020 World Cancer Day. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Raji Razak, who disclosed this in Ilorin, said that the ministry has engaged experts to screen the women. He said that activities lined […]

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Cervical Cancer: The cancer killing Nigerian women

Ihesiulo Grace 29 January 2018 0

Every two minutes around the world, a woman dies of cervical cancer. In 2017, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that the number of Nigerian women suffering from cervical cancer annually totalled 14,089 making it the second leading cause of cancer deaths. Sadly, this statistics is not only high in Nigeria. Up to 530, 000 […]

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CERVICAL CANCER: Just one early screening can avert lifetime suffering

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 14 October 2017 0

By Oyindamola Idris Cervical cancer is one of the commonest genital diseases in women that has claimed the lives of many regardless of their title or position. Although this condition is both preventable and curable (depending on early detection), record of survivors is still low. Also a predominant disease in most developing countries, cancer of […]

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Cervical cancer kills one woman every hour in Nigeria, says expert

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2016 0

A medical expert with the George Kerry Life Foundation, Yetunde Sanni, has said cervical cancer kills one woman every hour in Nigeria, describing it as the second deadliest cancer after breast cancer. Sadly, she said, this could be nipped in the bud, but for lack of adequate information on the part of infected women. The […]