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Verónica Zaragovia

Miami's Little Haiti joins global effort to end cervical cancer

Nicole Daceus, who was recently tested for HPV through the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, speaks with Valentine Cesar (right), a community health worker. Having a culturally competent staff can be key to cutting through health care avoidance and fear, Cesar says. (Verónica Zaragovia/ WLRN)

More than 300,000 women around the world die from cervical cancer each year. In the U.S., women of Haitian descent are diagnosed with it at higher rates than the general population.

The disease is preventable, though, thanks to vaccines and effective treatments for conditions that can precede the cancer. That's why health care workers and even the World Health Organization are focusing on Miami's Little Haiti to try to save lives.

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