Cervical Cancer: A survivor�s tale

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At the age of 32 Tonota-born Thato Odiseng had never thought she could be at risk of Cervical Cancer as she had been healthy all her life, there was no history of cancer in her family and she had followed a sexually responsible path.

Odiseng and her fiancée had followed the correct procedures after they met by both testing for HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) before they started engaging in unprotected sex two years previously.

As far as she was concerned they were on the same page regarding sticking to only one partner but she would later find out that her fiancé did not share her idea of only one partner.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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