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Nigeria: Nigeria bears highest cervical cancer burden in Africa — WHO

Nigeria: Nigeria bears highest cervical cancer burden in Africa — WHO

Africa Links 24 with Kazeem Biriowo
Published on 2025-07-19 14:34:10

Nigeria carries the highest burden of cervical cancer in Africa and ranks seventh globally, with an estimated 12,000 new cases and over 8,000 cervical cancer-related deaths annually, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Speaking on the sidelines of the African Health Business (AHB) symposium in Abuja, the Managing Director of MSD for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, Zweli Bashman, commended Nigeria’s rapid rollout of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine since its…

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