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Joint diagnosis of cervical cancer and female genital schistosomiasis, step 1.
See this 7-minute video for an overview (press link): Sub-Saharan girls and women at risk of Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) are currently not being diagnosed or treated. Health care professionals require several weeks of training and there are only a handful of...
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One-stop-shop for FGS and cervical cancer screening?
"Health professionals do not know that bloody discharge, smelly discharge, pain when you have sex or infertility may be caused by Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS)", the conference participants heard at the virtual IPVC (International Papillomavirus Conference,...
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BRIGHT Academy
BRIGHT Academy is an umbrella organisation for 8 research and health institutions that have focused on Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) since the 1990’s, its researchers are at the forefront of FGS research. They were the first to show an association between FGS...
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