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    "id": 928962,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/928962/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nandi CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Tecla Tum",
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    "content": "Another one is HIV. We know that there is quite a number of people who are HIV positive and finally it can lead to cancers. There is also the issue of late presentation of cancer. People are not aware whether they have cancer because HPV vaccine is expensive and many cannot afford to go to the hospital and be checked. Facilities for treatment are also limited in the low and middle-income countries, Kenya included. Where they are available, they are not affordable for many people, especially women in the region. I, therefore, note that with the introduction of the HPV vaccine to all boys and girls, as well as the regular screening of our women, we will have sorted out the challenges. I urge the national Government, through the Ministry of Health, to liaise with the county governments so as to issue the HPV vaccine as well as the regular cervical cancer screening to all the women in Kenya as it is a widespread disease which affects all of us in different capacities. It is my prayer that our boys and girls are screened from ages 10 because such a disease is passed through sexual intercourse and kissing. We need to rescue our children and women in the nation. In the entire world, 570 women die of cervical cancer while in Kenya, every year, over 3,000 women die. Many of them do not go for check- ups and do not know their status."
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