WATCH | Bhekisisa: This nurse wants to stop cervical cancer in Hammanskraal

Between March and September 2019 Tshwane health workers tried to vaccinate 22 000 grade four girls with two shots of an anti cervical cancer vaccine. But they missed their target and only got to 15 000

September 14, 2023 at 07:00 am

Nurse Tebogo Seleka does about 100 cervical cancer tests a month. One in ten patients test positive.

This could be avoided if they were vaccinated against the human papillomavirus which causes this cancer.

Our TV team travels to Hammanskraal near Tshwane to find out how Seleka is using jabs to stop cervical cancer in her community.

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