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    "id": 788693,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/788693/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wangaya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13368,
        "legal_name": "Christopher Aseka Wangaya",
        "slug": "christopher-aseka-wangaya"
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    "content": "early, cancer is treatable. Let us invest more in preventive strategies to ensure that cancer does not progress to incurable stages in order for us to avoid investing in curative strategies. Why are we not vaccinating our young girls yet we have a vaccine? We have seen the Ministry invest in immunisation and vaccination in respect of other diseases but we have never seen any effort put by the Ministry of Health towards vaccinating our young girls against cervical cancer. As much as we declare cancer a national disaster, we need to revisit where we experienced challenges or where we failed as a nation. To me, it is screening and improving the coverage of screening. We are living in a country where we are not all the same. If you put a screening centre at the district headquarters, we are not taking care of the common person who operates from the village. We need to implore upon the Ministry of Health to ensure that the coverage of screening and surveillance on this is addressed as early as possible. Lastly, it is in book that cancer is also caused by lifestyle – the food substances that we take. Has the Ministry come up with a policy to address the issue of nutrition? We need nutritionists to help us in dietary changes. We need to look at how many nutritionists we have in terms of distribution and coverage within the nation so that we teach our people the best dietary behaviour. Lastly, we also need to look at the health policies that govern cancer treatment and management. Before we declare cancer a national disaster, which policies do we have in place within the Ministry of Health that are going to support this declaration? I support the Motion."
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