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Cancer: Of rising deaths and subtle unnoticed symptoms

Cancer survivors hold placards with the word ''stop'' during the launch of cervical cancer awareness at Kenyatta National Hospital on 21/1/18-[Beverlyne Musili,Standard]

A quick look at the history books mirrors an African continent stung with the plaque of tropical diseases. Malaria, measles, chicken pox and polio were some of the dreadful diseases that sent colonial masters into thinking mode before setting foot in Africa.

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