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Zambia: Cervical cancer screening saves lives

Cervical cancer is a leading killer among women living with HIV, but a low-cost screening programme developed in Zambia is proving that simple techniques can go a long way in saving lives.

19 Feb 2010

New research presented this week at the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in San Francisco has shown that cervical cancer screening among HIV-positive women prevented one death for every 32 women screened.

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