Dr Ashrafun Nessa - Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Programme

Professor Ashrafun Nessa, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital, Bangladesh, explains the challenges of addressing cervical cancer, responsible for one quarter of cancer deaths in Bangladesh, as well as how the government is trying to tackle the disease and how IARC is helping with the project.

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