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
Parham GP, Mwanahamuntu MH, Kapambwe S, Muwonge R, Bateman AC, Blevins M, Chibwesha CJ, Pfaendler KS, Mudenda V, Shibemba AL, Chisele S, Mkumba G, Vwalika B, Hicks ML, Vermund SH, H. BH, Stringer JS, Sankaranarayanan R, Sahasrabuddhe VV. 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 2015, 10: e0122169. PMID: 25885821, PMCID: PMC4401717, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122169.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical cancer prevention programsCancer prevention programsHistopathologic evaluationCervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2Cervical cancer prevention servicesPrevention programsHIV-negative womenInvasive cervical cancerCancer prevention servicesCervical cancer preventionExpert physician opinionHIV/AIDS programsElectronic medical recordsLow-resource countriesProportion of womenSame-day servicesLow-resource settingsUnscreened womenEvaluable dataCervical diseaseCervical cancerScreening servicesMedical recordsCancer preventionCervical precancer