Integrating HIV testing into cervical cancer screening in Tanzania: An analysis of routine service delivery statistics

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Plotkin, Marya ^a   Besana, Giulia V R ^a   Yuma, Safina ^b   Kim, Young M ^a   Kulindwa, Yusuph ^a   Kabole, Fatma ^a   Lu, Enriquito ^b   Giattas, Mary R ^a  

^a JHPIEGO   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer prevention; Cervical cancer screening; HIV counseling and testing; Integrated health services; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HIV RAPID TEST; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCALE UP; TANZANIA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912112417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-120     Document Type: Article

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