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Kenya's HPV Vaccinations Raise Hope of less Cervical Cancer

Rael Ombuor

   NAIROBI - The World Health Organization says East Africa has the
   highest rate of cervical cancer in the world. In October, Kenya
   launched a mass vaccination of girls against the human papillomavirus
   (HPV), which can lead to cervical cancer. The vaccine is being welcomed
   by HPV patients, who hope their children will be protected better than
   they were.

   Thirty-year-old Jacinta Agunja tested positive in 2016 for one of the
   human papillomaviruses (HPV) that leads to cervical cancer.

   After two years of intensive and expensive treatment, she was free of
   HPV and did not get cancer.
   Cervical cancer causes, symptoms and preventable measures.

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