Cervical cancer
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Cervical cancer is a malignant tumor of the cervix, the lowest part of the uterus that can be screened for with a Pap smear.
It is 95-100% attributable to long-lasting infection with the papillomavirus (HPV for Human PapillomaVirus). To date, scientists have identified around twenty human papillomaviruses (HPV) that cause cervical cancer.
It is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide and it is estimated that there were 604,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths linked to this disease in 2020.22 Feb. 2022
Cancer is seen as a secondary health problem in emerging countries. However, the annual incidence of cancer is growing there (around 100 to 120/100,000 currently in sub-Saharan Africa).
And in Burundi, according to estimates from New Global Cancer Data 2020, there are several cases of cervical (34.1%) and breast (17.3%) cancers resulting from a set of factors relating to lifestyle, heredity and environment.
For primary prevention: vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) targets young girls aged 9 to 13, with the aim of reaching them before they begin their sexual life.
There is also another effective way to prevent cervical cancer: the screening smear which will detect pre-cancerous cervical cells or the presence of the HPV virus.
It is with the latter that the association Youth Engaged for the Promotion of Community Health (JEPSCO in acronym) began in its services the screening and treatment of precancerous lesions of the cervix which are carried out every day in its center for the Community Health Promotion (CPSCO) in its BATATU BEZA FOUNDATION (FBB) project in Gitega.