Implementation of cervical cancer screening using visual inspection with acetic acid in rural Mozambique: Successes and challenges using HIV care and treatment programme investments in Zambézia Province

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Moon, Troy D ^a,b   Silva Matos, Carla ^c   Cordoso, Aventina ^b   Baptista, Alberto J ^d   Sidat, Mohsin ^e   Vermund, Sten H ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Friends in Global Health LLC   (Mozambique)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^d Provincial Health Directorate Zambézia Province   (Mozambique)

^e EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; HIV; PEPFAR; Resource limited setting; VIA

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROSURGERY; EQUIPMENT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MOZAMBIQUE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VISUAL INSPECTION WITH ACETIC ACID; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ACETIC ACID; ADULT; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; RURAL POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84867443079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.15.2.17406     Document Type: Article

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