The (Nearly) Preventable Cancer | Dr. Jane Wakahe | TEDxParklandsWomen

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How much do you know about cervical cancer? How much do you know about its chief cause, the HPV? In this information-packed talk, Dr Jane Wakahe, one of Kenya's leading gynecologists, explores the horrors of cervical cancer and the HPV that causes it. She puts across the idea that there need not be any further deaths from cervical cancer and clearly puts across measures we can all take to ensure this. Dr. Jane Wakahe is a specialist obstetrician/gynecologist with a Master’s degree in Public Health whose practice spans over 35 years. During this period, she has handled many varied cases that span cancers of reproductive health organs, contraception, infertility, pregnancy, menopause, STDs and all other matters reproductive health. This is best demonstrated by her history of treating over 15,000 patients and having delivered over 10,000 babies.

Outside of her private practice, Dr. Jane Wakahe has also been involved in auditing hospitals to check and advise on their preparedness to handle Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Maternal and Neo-natal mortality. Additionally, she has been a lecturer at the University of Nairobi (UoN) and has facilitated medical camps. Given her wealth of wisdom and her years of experience, Dr. Wakahe now feels compelled to share with others what lies within and has in the past given talks especially to groups of women on matters reproductive health. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx