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Jan. 09, 2013 05:00PM EST

Video: Museba 'Bom Bom Bom'

Watch the video for Cameroon/DRC diva Museba's infectious dance single.

We just came across this flashy video from Cameroon/DRC diva Museba, who confidently struts and dances in black & gold sunglasses to the tune of her synth-heavy single "Bom Bom Bom." The beat breathes and builds with some syncopated clicks, while the clip cycles through slow-motion scenes of fire-spitting and inventive moves. Watch it below and download here.

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Vinegar Pap Smear Saving Women’s Lives In Malawi

This simple diagnostic test is giving hope to thousands of women in Malawi.

They say necessity is the mother of invention and in Malawi, the need for inexpensive Pap smears has resulted in a cost-effective and ingenious solution. Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) is the only form of cervical cancer screening affordable to most underprivileged women in Malawi, according to reports.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) "19 of the top 20 countries with the highest cervical cancer burden were in sub-Saharan Africa in 2018." Eswatini had the highest incidences followed by Malawi.

The VIA is a simple diagnostic test that can be used to screen cervical cancer, as an alternative to Pap smear cytology, in low-resource countries," according to the Role of VIA in cervical cancer screening in low-resource countries - PubMed (nih.gov) study.

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