Haiti has the highest incidence of cervical cancer in the world
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The reason Cervical cancer is killing Haitian women at such an alarming rate is, in large part, because the latest prevention tools aren't available or affordable in poor countries.
Haiti is a poor country, many Haitians cannot afford to pay for Pap smears, a screening test for cervical cancer. Even if they could, the article says, there aren't enough laboratories or personnel to analyze them.
Read more about Haiti's Cervical Cancer Epidemic from Newsweek Magazine.
Cervical cancer is a cancer arising from the cervix. It is due to the abnormal growth of cells that have the ability to invade or spread to other parts of the body. More at Wikipedia
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