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The cervical cancer, HIV link

Just when 46-year-old Sally Kwenda had come to terms with her HIV status that had pushed her to two unsuccessful suicide attempts, another unexpected blow hit her.

The energetic activist for persons living with HIV/Aids, who lost two babies to the disease, came face to face with the fresh blow in 2007 when staff members at her work place were requested to take a routine test for cervical cancer.

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