{"id":82369,"date":"2023-02-01T16:06:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T16:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals"},"modified":"2023-02-01T16:46:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T16:46:11","slug":"kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals","title":{"rendered":"Kenyans to access HPV DNA testing in more referral hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Kenyans can now access HPV DNA testing in more than 27 county referral hospitals in the country. This is a laboratory test in which cells are scraped from the cervix to look for DNA of human papillomaviruses (HPV) that cause cervical cancer.<\/p>\n

HPV DNA testing is the recommended gold-standard method for cervical cancer screening. The tests have now been introduced in the 27 county referral hospitals in a renewed effort by the government to fight against the rising burden of cervical cancer in the country.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Health has also distributed more than 800 thermoablation and 200 LEEP devices for the treatment of cervical pre-cancerous lesions to level 2 to 6 health facilities countrywide. Thermal ablation is a procedure that uses a heated probe tip to the cervix in order to destroy the precancerous cells.<\/p>\n

Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) on the other hand is an electrically charged wire loop used to remove the outer portion of the cervix containing the abnormal tissue, which then can be examined under a microscope to confirm that no cancer remains.<\/p>\n

The initiative is done in collaboration with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and seeks to provide more for counties that have not yet received them.<\/p>\n

Health CS Susan Wafula has reiterated the ministry\u2019s commitment to achieve the Sustainable development Goal 3 by reducing premature mortalities from cervical cancer and ensure the Kenya\u2019s future generations is free from cervical cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the fight against cervical cancer in Kenya, one of the issues we have observed is failure to take action,\u201d Wafula said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why we have intensified awareness campaigns this month, and we will continue to sustain efforts to encourage behavior change among all,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The CS disclosed that the ministry of health has built a capacity of over 6,500 healthcare workers in all 47 counties at different levels of care with the skills to screen and treat the pre-cancer stage of the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the fight against cervical cancer in Kenya, one of the issues we have observed is failure to take action. This is why we have intensified awareness campaigns this month, and we will continue to sustain efforts to encourage behavior change among all,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

Cancer remains a major public health concern, not just here in Kenya, but globally as well, with close to 10 million deaths recorded globally in 2020.<\/p>\n

In Kenya, cancer is the second leading non-communicable disease after cardiovascular diseases, with 42,000 new cases and 27,000 deaths recorded every year according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.<\/p>\n

The CS revealed that Kenya is among the top 20 high cervical cancer burden countries globally with about 3,240 women losing their lives annually translating to about 9 women dying daily.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Kenya<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. Kenyans can now access HPV DNA testing in more than 27 county referral hospitals in the country. This is a laboratory test in which cells are scraped from the cervix to look for DNA of human papillomaviruses (HPV) that cause cervical cancer. HPV DNA testing is the recommended gold-standard method for cervical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":82368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-82369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"\nKenyans to access HPV DNA testing in more referral hospitals - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kenyans can now access HPV DNA testing in more than 27 county referral hospitals in the country. This is a laboratory te ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kenyans to access HPV DNA testing in more referral hospitals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kenyans can now access HPV DNA testing in more than 27 county referral hospitals in the country. This is a laboratory te ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-01T16:06:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-01T16:46:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675254983.47.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kenyans to access HPV DNA testing in more referral hospitals\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-01T16:06:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-01T16:46:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals\"},\"wordCount\":462,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675254983.47.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals\",\"name\":\"Kenyans to access HPV DNA testing in more referral hospitals - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675254983.47.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-01T16:06:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-01T16:46:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Kenyans can now access HPV DNA testing in more than 27 county referral hospitals in the country. This is a laboratory te ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675254983.47.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675254983.47.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667,\"caption\":\"Kenyans to access HPV DNA testing in more referral hospitals\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kenyans to access HPV DNA testing in more referral hospitals\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kenyans to access HPV DNA testing in more referral hospitals - kenya","description":"Kenyans can now access HPV DNA testing in more than 27 county referral hospitals in the country. This is a laboratory te ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kenyans to access HPV DNA testing in more referral hospitals","og_description":"Kenyans can now access HPV DNA testing in more than 27 county referral hospitals in the country. This is a laboratory te ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-02-01T16:06:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-01T16:46:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675254983.47.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Kenyans to access HPV DNA testing in more referral hospitals","datePublished":"2023-02-01T16:06:17+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-01T16:46:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals"},"wordCount":462,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675254983.47.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Kenya","Kenya"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals","name":"Kenyans to access HPV DNA testing in more referral hospitals - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675254983.47.jpg","datePublished":"2023-02-01T16:06:17+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-01T16:46:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Kenyans can now access HPV DNA testing in more than 27 county referral hospitals in the country. This is a laboratory te ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675254983.47.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675254983.47.jpg","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"Kenyans to access HPV DNA testing in more referral hospitals"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-access-hpv-dna-testing-in-more-referral-hospitals#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kenyans to access HPV DNA testing in more referral hospitals"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}