Cervical cancer screening using visual inspection with acetic acid: operational experiences from Ghana and Thailand

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 16, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 67-77

  Sanghvi, Harshad ^a   Limpaphayom, Khunying Kobchitt ^b   Plotkin, Marya ^a   Charurat, Elaine ^a   Kleine, Amy ^a   Lu, Enriquito ^a   Eamratsameekool, Wachara ^c   Palanuwong, Buncha ^d  

^a JHPIEGO   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Division of Research and Development   (Thailand)

^d Bungkan Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

cervical cancer; Ghana; quality assurance; quality of care; scaling up of services; Thailand; training of providers; visual inspection using acetic acid (VIA)

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ACETIC ACID; COLPOSCOPY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 56549103186     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(08)32401-X     Document Type: Article

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