42-year-old Catherine Njeri had been bleeding for six months

Cervical cancer survivor Catherine Njeri during an interview at Kenyatta National hospital on 21/1/2018 [Beverlyne Musili, Standard]

It never crossed her mind that it could be cancer.

“I knew cancer is not for people like me,” says 42-year-old Catherine Njeri. “No one in my family has had cancer so why should I get it?”