It’s hard to believe that there is something a small nation like Rwanda can teach the US (a first world country). But surprisingly there is- Rwanda made history by becoming the first African nation to launch a countrywide cervical cancer prevention program. In 2010 that country entered an agreement with Merck pharmaceuticals to vaccinate Rwanda …
Each year, the HIV virus infects more than one million people around the world, with an estimated 1.7 million individuals infected in the year 2018. Africa accounts for quite a large percentage of adults and children that are infected with this virus. In the Eastern and Southern regions of Africa, an estimated 57% of adults …
With cervical cancer being one of the most common causes of death all around the world, especially in high burden countries such as Rwanda, the people in Rwanda have made a great step forward, focusing on wiping out cervical cancer altogether. With the techniques and methods that they have developed over the years, the rates …