May 2021

Assessment of alternative approaches of primary cervical cancer screening among women in low-income environments

Alternative techniques for detecting cancer of the cervix uteri alongside its early precancerous lesions still remain necessary for low income environments since morbidity and mortality due to cervical cancer continues to be on the rise. We recruited one thousand and seventy-seven women aged 15-55 years from selected study hospitals in Eastern Uganda and examined them using Papanicolaou (Pap) smear, direct visual...

Author(s): Emmanuel Eilu, Saheed Adekunle Akinola, Julius Tibyangye, Rasheed Omotayo Adeyemo, Martin Odoki, Aliero Almustapha Adamu, Sarah Kemuma Onkoba, Moindi Jeridah Kemunto, Ismail Adebayo Abyola and Charles Drago Kato,