For decades, cervical cancer has been one of Africa’s deadliest yet most preventable diseases. Each year, more than 350,000 women die from the scourge worldwide and nearly 90 percent of the fatalities occur in low- and middle-income countries, where screening services remain out of reach for millions.
Now, a fast, low-cost, portable HPV test that gives results in under an hour without needing a lab, could transform this reality.
