Matagalpa

Maritza Blandón, a coffee grower in the mountains of Nicaragua, got her first pap smear at the age of 47. She tested posted for HPV and get treatment. Blandón is a single mother. If she died of cervical cancer, no one would be here to take care of her eig

Nicaragua has a cervical cancer problem. A coffee farm is trying to help.

Health

Nicaragua has the highest cervical cancer death rate in the Americas —and women must face down societal pressure even to get treated.Nicaragua has the highest cervical cancer death rate in the Americas —and women must face down societal pressure even to get treated.

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The promise of justice is receding, Nicaraguan women say

Justice