Rwanda: Inside Rwanda's Push to Eliminate Cervical Cancer Ahead of Who Targets

Rwanda: Inside Rwanda's Push to Eliminate Cervical Cancer Ahead of Who Targets

Rwanda aims to be the first African country to eliminate cervical cancer by 2027.

Inside Rwanda’s push to eliminate cervical cancer ahead of WHO targets

In April, a door-to-door cervical cancer prevention campaign was launched in Kicukiro District. Among the residents who took part was 55-year-old Emmerance Niyonagira, who lives in Murambi village, Karugira cell, Kigarama Sector. ALSO READ: What Rwanda is doing to eliminate cervical cancer by 2027 Before the campaign, Niyonagira knew very little about cervical cancer beyond the general idea that it is deadly, like other cancers. The doctors and …