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Senegal to offer free breast and cervical cancer treatment

Senegal's government says that women suffering from breast or cervical cancer will be offered free chemotherapy in public hospitals from the beginning of October. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  BBC

DAKAR,

Senegal's government says that women suffering from breast or cervical cancer will be offered free chemotherapy in public hospitals from the beginning of October.

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