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First in a new series of 'Kill or Cure?' examines the threat of cervical cancer in Uganda.
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1930 GMT on Tuesday 21st July Repeated: Wednesday 22nd at 1230 GMT, Thursday at 1530 GMT and Friday at 0130 GMT |
In the developing world it’s the leading cause of female cancer deaths: it’s cervical cancer and it kills more than half a million women every year, most in poor countries.
New low-tech screening programmes have begun to reduce cancer deaths but campaigners like Sarah Nyombi, a politician in Uganda, want to see more.
She’s trying to get a brand new vaccine, widely used in the developed world. The trouble is, it cost $300 dollars a shot, way beyond Uganda’s health budget. We follow her journey as she tries to find finding solutions in the battle against The Real Lady Killer.
From Tuesday 21st July only on BBC World News
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