Accelerating action on cervical screening in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) post COVID-19 era

• Main Authors: Woo, Yin Ling, Gravitt, Patti, Khor, Swee Kheng, Ng, Chiu Wan, Saville, Marion
• Format: Article
• Published: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science 2021
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine; RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/26837/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106294

Cervical cancer remains the fourth most common cancer in women, with 85% of deaths occurring in LMICs. Despite the existence of effective vaccine and screening tools, efforts to reduce the burden of cervical cancer must be considered in the context of the social structures within the health systems...