Monitoring the performance of "screen-and-treat" cervical cancer prevention programs

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014 Jul;126(1):88-89. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.01.006. Epub 2014 Feb 25.

Mulindi H Mwanahamuntu^#^{1

2}, Vikrant V Sahasrabuddhe^#³, Meridith Blevins^#⁴, Sharon Kapambwe¹, Bryan E Shepherd⁴, Carla Chibwesha^{1

5}, Krista S Pfaendler⁶, Gracilia Mkumba², Belington Vwalika², Michael L Hicks⁷, Sten H Vermund⁸, Jeffrey S A Stringer^{1

2

5}, Groesbeck P Parham^{1

2

5}

¹ Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
³ Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA.
⁴ Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA.
⁷ Michigan Cancer Institute, Pontiac, USA.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cervical cancer; Global health; Prevention; Screen-and-treat; Screening; Visual inspection with acetic acid; Zambia.

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