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Lenias Hwenda | Let's Talk about Health in Africa - We must improve cancer survival of African women with simple measures.
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April 16, 2021 | Lenias Hwenda | Let's Talk about Health in Africa - We must improve cancer survival of African women for sustainable development. Watch podcast video on YouTube
Guest: Dr Nomsa Tsikai: Chief Clinical Oncologist at the Harare Oncology Centre specializes in cancers that affecting women, like cervical and breast cancer.
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Lenias Hwenda in conversation with Dr Nomsa Tsikai discuss some of the factors contributing to high cancer mortality amongst African women and what needs to be done to improve them. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide accounting for more than 8 million deaths each year - 70% of them in poor countries including African countries. The statistics are shocking. 1 in 10 women in Africa die within 6 months of diagnosis with breast cancer and after 3 years, 50% of them die. Every year, 90% of cervical cancer deaths globally occur in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and the African continent accounts for a staggering one third of all global cervical cancer deaths. Yet cervical cancer rarely causes death in North America or Europe. The podcast explores some of the things that governments, practitioners, communities and the patients themselves can do to improve cancer survival.
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