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New cervical cancer treatment machine out

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta with members of her team after she received the 'United Nations Person of the Year 2014' award for her efforts in the Beyond Zero campaign.

Women have a reason to smile following the introduction of a new cost-effective technique to screen and treat cervical cancer.

Under the new technology that was announced yesterday, when a woman tests negative, she will not need re-testing until after five years. Cervical cancer is caused by the sexually transmitted Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) which is the most common viral infection of the reproductive tract.

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