CERVICAL cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Nigeria. There were 31,955 new cervical cancer cases in West Africa in 2018, and Nigeria accounted for almost half (14,943). There were also 10,403 deaths (28 deaths every day) from cervical cancer in the country in the same year. FOLUSHO BALOGUN, Research Fellow and Consultant Pediatrician, University of Ibadan About 70% of all cervical cancer cases are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) serotypes 16 and 18. The most common mode of transmission is through sex, but it can also be transmitted through the use of contaminated hospital equipment and…