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Why we must make cancer prevention, control a priority

Sheila Anyango, a 46-year-old mum, had to wait for more than four months to receive surgery that was her only hope of recovery from early onset of cervical cancer.

By the time she jumped bureaucratic hurdles then went to a regional referral hospital for the operation, the cancer had advanced with complications involving the kidneys and spine.

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