Such circumstance befell Ruth Aoko when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. A non-governmental organisation, Smile Woman community-based organisation stepped up campaigns to bring to attention the cervical cancer menace. Through NHIF health financing priority, the cover for cancer the chemotherapy, radiotherapy CT and MRI scan and monthly check up is provided. The World Health Organization says 90 per cent of cervical cancer deaths occur in middle and low-income countries, like our own. No woman needs to die because of the cost of treatment for cervical cancer.

Source: The Star April 12, 2019 06:00 UTC