Cervical cancer is caused by sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), which is the most common viral infection of the reproductive tract, approximately 50,000 cases of cervical cancer was caused by HPV each year in Africa. This is the commonest cause of death among women in developing countries, effort to prevent the disease using newer approaches and HPV vaccination need to be explored. Cancer is associated with profuse bleeding which effects the haematological and haemoistatic parameters of the individuals. Cancer when detected early is associated with very good survival rate, most Africans present with advanced and often untreatable disease with very poor survival.

The author is a graduate of U.N.N where he bagged a bachelors degree in Medical Lab. Science (B.M.L.S). He equally has a masters degree in Medical Lab. Science (Haematology), from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, where he works as a teacher in the dept. of Haematology. He has many scientific papers both in local and international Journals