BHEKISISA CENTRE FOR HEALTH JOURNALISM OP-ED: Cervical cancer screening at home could be a game changer - Daily Maverick

When South Africa introduced self-tests for HIV, far more people knew their status and were put on treatment. The same could happen for cervical cancer, argues this cancer advocate, and the country already has the networks, testing capacity and funding in pla…

Self-tests for human papillomavirus (HPV) could help the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme beat back one of the top killers of women in South Africa: cancer of the cervix.  If cancer-causing HP… [+8603 chars]

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