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Cervical cancer rife among sexually active Midlands girls
03 May 2016 at 17:52hrs | Views
An increasing number of girls in the Midlands province are testing positive for cervical cancer, health officials have said.
They attributed this on a sharp rise in sexual activity among adolescent girls, particularly in areas where gold panning was rife.
The sister-in-charge at Silobela Clinic, Mary Chin'ono said statistics showed that there has been a steady increase of
young women testing positive to cervical cancer in the area.
"These girls are affected by poverty. Remember this is a gold panning community, children are dropping out of school going to work in gold panning and some due to lack of school fees…so idleness will result in girls engaging in sexual activities at an early age," Chin'ono told journalists.
They attributed this on a sharp rise in sexual activity among adolescent girls, particularly in areas where gold panning was rife.
The sister-in-charge at Silobela Clinic, Mary Chin'ono said statistics showed that there has been a steady increase of
young women testing positive to cervical cancer in the area.
"These girls are affected by poverty. Remember this is a gold panning community, children are dropping out of school going to work in gold panning and some due to lack of school fees…so idleness will result in girls engaging in sexual activities at an early age," Chin'ono told journalists.
Source - Byo24News
