Self-collection sample test replacing pap smear as more women embrace cervical cancer screening

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Kenya after breast cancer and fourth globally. [iStockphoto]

An ongoing medical camp in Kisii County has so far detected the cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) in 300 women after 3,000 women aged between 18 and 58 years were screened in three sub-counties.

The self-collection cervical cancer screening process has been quick and easy for the women who were screened in Bobasi, Nyaribari Masaba and Bomachoge Borabu Sub Counties.