Population-level scale-up of cervical cancer prevention services in a low-resource setting: Development, implementation, and evaluation of the cervical cancer prevention program in Zambia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Parham, Groesbeck P ^a,b,c,d   Mwanahamuntu, Mulindi H ^a,b   Kapambwe, Sharon ^a,b   Muwonge, Richard ^d   Bateman, Allen C ^a,c   Blevins, Meridith ^e   Chibwesha, Carla J ^a,c   Pfaendler, Krista S ^a,h   Mudenda, Victor ^b   Shibemba, Aaron L ^b   Chisele, Samson ^b   Mkumba, Gracilia ^b   Vwalika, Bellington ^b   Hicks, Michael L ^f   Vermund, Sten H ^e   Chi, Benjamin H ^a,c   Stringer, Jeffrey S A ^a,c   Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy ^d   Sahasrabuddhe, Vikrant V ^e,g  

^a CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Michigan Cancer Institute   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TUMOR INVASION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE CERVIX WITH ACETIC ACID; ZAMBIA; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MASS SCREENING; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ACETIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CRYOTHERAPY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84929493878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122169     Document Type: Article

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