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Cervical Cancer: A tragedy played out in the silent theatre of the developing world

Large numbers of women in the developing world contend daily with the hellhounds of food insufficiency, early marriage, early childbirth, poor health awareness, and fear of dying before age 40. All of these realities manifest as risk factors for a cancer that kills more women in the world's poorest nations than any other – cancer of the cervix. Women in these environments continue to die needless deaths because of the absence of simple life saving interventions that can be extremely complex to deliver. This is the silent theatre in which the tragedy of cervical cancer is played out on a stage upon which fear, helplessness, stigma and poverty converge.

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Every woman has a right to seek a full and healthy life. For women who live in developing nations, a major threat to these aspirations is cancer of the cervix. FOA is supporting innovative, nurse-led programs in Zambia that now screen 1,500 women per month for cervical cancer. Women identified as having precancer can be treated on the spot by specially trained nurses. Those found to have early cancers are referred for curative treatment. These life-saving programs can only be sustained with your help.


  • The Global Cervical Cancer Prevention Training Program is a program through which healthcare professionals from African nations (and other global regions) can be trained to use the innovative cervical cancer prevention strategies that have been perfected in Zambia. Doctors and nurses from the following nations have adopted the "Zambian model" and established similar programs in their settings:South Africa,Tanzania, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya, Botswana, Rwanda, Swaziland and the Peoples Republic of China

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Every Year Over 500,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 275,000 die from it. 80% of the new cases and deaths occur among women who live in developing nations. Sub-Saharan Africa has the world's highest cervical cancer incidence and death rates, making it the global epicenter of the disease. The majority of deaths occur in women who are still in their reproductive years resulting in premature loss of life and irreversible disruption of families. The major causes of these circumstances are miseducation and lack of access to cervical cancer screening and treatment. Friends of Africa is dedicated to ending this cycle. We will not rest until every woman has access to the proper information, screening and treatment services to bring an end to this tragic epidemic. It is possible only with your help.