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Happy International Women’s Day: celebrating women in leadership

This year’s theme is Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world By Mandy Nyama The world is celebrating International Women’s Day on the 8th of March, and this year’s theme is Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.” The theme celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and other diseases. As a way of appreciating women on their role they play in promoting a health society, on this week’s health Column I am going to talk about Cervical Cancer which is the 4th most commonly diagnosed cancer among females worldwide. Cervical Cancer: Is a type of cancer that occurs in the cells of the cervix — the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina. It estimated that 2270 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in Zimbabwe annually and a mortality rate of 64% has been recorded. Cervical Cancer ranks the 1st leading female Cancers in Zimbabwe. It accounts for 25% of all cancer cases and about 23% of cancer deaths among women in Zimbabwe.

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