Stakeholders in the cancer space have identified collaboration as major key to eradicating Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), also known as cervical cancer in Nigeria.
They spoke on Thursday in Abuja at the second Stakeholder’s Summit on Cervical Cancer Elimination in Nigeria, organised by the End Cervical Cancer Nigeria Initiative (ECCNI).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summit has “Strengthening Collaboration Toward Achieving Cervical Cancer Elimination Targets in Nigeria” as theme.
The Keynote Speaker, Dr Osasuyi Dirisu, Executive Director, Policy Innovation Centre, said cervical cancer is the third most common cancer and second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women aged 15 to 44 in Nigeria.
She, therefore, emphasised that eliminating the scourge is very important.
According to her, the disease is preventable, and one of the few cancers that can be…
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