HPV self-testing set to revolutionise cervical cancer detection in Kenya

Many women screen for HPV when they have already developed advanced stages of cervical cancer that are hard to treat. [Courtesy]

When Rachel Adhiambo Odoyo picked up a self-testing kit for Human Papillomavirus (HPV), she expected nothing more than to simply know her status.

The 33-year-old clinical officer and mother of two had no symptoms, no pain, no discomfort, but just a commitment to practise what she teaches. She wanted to know her status, the same way she urges every woman she meets to do.