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Why women aren't lining up for life-saving screening, vaccine

Screening uptake is very low in Kenya. [Courtesy]

Mary Mukulu, a 35-year-old mother of three in Kitui County is not afraid or ashamed of taking the cervical cancer test.

She has been getting screened every five years since her early 20s thanks to a habit that was nurtured through the guidance of her mother, a retired nurse.

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