by Abba Mallum, Beatrice M’mboga Akala, Maureen Bilinga Tendwa, Rakiya Saidu, Stephen Avery, Twalib Ngoma and Wil Ngwa, The Conversation In 2020, the World Health Organization rolled out a global strategy to eradicate cervical cancer by 2030. This is the fourth-most common cancer among women, claiming an estimated 350,000 lives globally in 2022. More than 80,000 of these deaths were recorded in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, one woman dies every two minutes from this disease, which is caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). Cervical cancer is preventable. The global strategy has Read More