Lesotho: Cervical Cancer Kills 362 Basotho Women Annually

CERVICAL cancer ranks as the most ubiquitous cancer among women between 15 to 44 years of age in Lesotho. It is also one of the leading causes of death among women.

At least 362 of 541 women diagnosed with cervical cancer annually die from the scourge.

This is according to the Human Papilomavirus and Related Cancers, Fact Sheet 2023, which also states that about 3.2% of women in the general population are estimated to harbour cervical HPV-16/18 infections at any given time, while 62.5% of invasive…