Cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa

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Investigator: Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH
Sponsor: University of Nairobi

Location(s): Kenya

Description

Dr. Mungo is working with Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES), a collaboration between the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), to do groundbreaking research to end the scourge of cervical cancer, the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for women in sub-Saharan Africa. Nine out of ten women who die from cervical cancer live in low-income countries.