Doctors in developing countries are catching pre-cancerous cells early by swabbing women’s cervices with vinegar or diluted acetic acid. This cost-effective, simple treatment method does not require laboratory tests or electricity. Once detected, precancerous lesions can often be removed within minutes. Click the link above the read more about this smart, useful screening and treatment process as part of the global fight against cancer.

During our climb of Kilimanjaro, our guide, Hubert, told us about his mother, who was battling cervical cancer. This article reminded me of her story. It pains me to think that half a world away from me, chemotherapy, equipment, and cancer-fighting drugs are practically nonexistent. But I’m grateful that there are folks like Dr. Mateus Kambale Sahani, who is working hard to make a difference.

An article on an inexpensive procedure with the potential to do for poor countries what the Pap smear did for rich ones: end cervical cancer’s reign as the number one cancer killer of women…with something as simple as household vinegar.