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From 5,250 reported cases of cervical cancer in Kenya last year, 3,286 women died, making it the top killer variant among women.
But the study at the Nairobi Cancer Registry at the Kenya Medical Research Institute and Eldoret Registry at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) found that Kenya offers the best cervical cancer care in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study compared the quality of care in nine African countries.
“By country, the proportion of patients receiving cancer treatment with curative potential varied from four per cent in Maputo (Mozambique) to 49 per cent in Nairobi.”
Overall, the study decries the low survival rates in Africa at 29 per cent, five years after treatment compared with 67 per cent in the US.