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Hospitals using vinegar to screen cervical cancer

Local hospitals are using vinegar to screen for cervical cancer, a process that has facilitated the fight against this type of cancer ravaging women countrywide. An international NGO, Partners in Health (PIH), and its local sister organisation, Inshuti Mu Buzima, say that the screening process, referred to as Visual Inspection with Acetic acid (VIA), is now simpler, cheaper and faster.
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