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Kenya, Botswana efforts against cervical cancer

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January is marked worldwide as cervical cancer awareness month. According to the World Health Organisation, cervical cancer is one of the most preventable types of cancer, yet it kills over 350,000 women globally every year. We look at how Kenya, where more than half of those diagnosed die within a year, is approaching the disease; and how Botswana manages to keep prevalence low. Also, weddings are a big deal in Nigeria, but what options do couples have when that dream wedding is just too expensive?

Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna
Producers: Keikantse Shumba, Blessing Aderogba and Chiamaka Dike
Technical Producer: Maxwell Onyango
Senior Producer: Charles Gitonga
Editors: Samuel Murunga and Maryam Abdalla
28 Jan 10AM English United Kingdom News

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