- The meeting at Emboita Hotel in Nakuru drew health stakeholders from various sectors who underscored the need to create awareness of cervical cancer.
On January 16, 2025, the National Cancer Institute Kenya convened a media breakfast meeting on cervical cancer awareness in conjunction with the Nakuru County government.
The meeting at Emboita Hotel in Nakuru drew health stakeholders from various sectors who underscored the need to create awareness of cervical cancer.
Dr Emily Barsito from the National Cancer Institute of Kenya says that Nakuru is the second worst-hit county after Nairobi with approximately 3,500 cervical cancer cases, as she called upon the women to embrace screening.
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“We are calling upon all women to turn up for free cervical cancer screening from 20th to 24th January 2025 in all government hospitals across the county,” she says.
Dr Dulcie Wanda, an oncologist at Nakuru County Referral and Teaching Hospital, says that the number of breast cancer was higher than that of cervical cancer, but currently, the number of cervical cancer cases has risen to tie with one for breast cancer, both are at 15 per cent.
“In most cases in the beginning stages of cancer, there are not defined signs and symptoms until late, that is why it is important to go for regular screening even if you don’t feel sick,”Dr Wanda said.
The stakeholders called upon the media to continue creating cervical cancer awareness through their reportage.
