Cervical cancer screening coverage in the Americas region: a synthetic analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Americas region has the lowest (North America) and the second highest (Latin America and Caribbean) cervical cancer (CC) mortality worldwide. The lack of reliable data on screening coverage in the region hinders proper monitoring of the World Health Organization (WHO) CC elimination initiative.

Methods

For this synthetic analysis, we searched data on CC screening coverage from official sources and national health surveys, supplemented with a formal WHO country consultation. Context data were obtained from official sources (income, health expenditure, inequality-adjusted human development index -IHDI-, universal health coverage, CC incidence/mortality). Country age-specific coverages for 2019 by screening interval were computed. Missing data were imputed throug

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Deaza G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10850953 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature