Raising Funds Through Social Media to Subsidise Cervical Cancer Screening with HPV Testing in Rural Ghana-The Battor Experience.

Over 260,000 women die yearly from cervical cancer, mostly in low and middle-income countries. Molecular testing for high-risk Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is now the method of choice for cervical cancer screening. A limiting factor for HPV testing, however, is the cost in setting up and running the tests.

Light Microscopic Morphology of Indigenous Ghanaian African Hair from Scalp, Eyebrow, Axilla, and Pubic Regions.

Context: Relatively scanty literature on autochthonic African Negroid hair morphology provokes research interest for anthropological, forensic, and cosmetic purposes.

Aims: This study aimed to contribute basic morphological information on Ghanaian African hairs.

Settings And Design: The study was done in selected second-cycle schools in Accra, Ghana, using convenient sampling.