Barriers to cervical cancer screening in Africa: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Africa has one of the highest burdens of cervical cancer in the world. The unacceptably high incidence and mortality rates could be reduced through implementing a comprehensive approach to its prevention and control that includes screening, which however, is low in most low-and-middle-income countries. Hence, this systematic review aims at exploring factors that prevent women from utilising cervical cancer screening services in the region.

Methods

A mixed method systematic review was conducted. A search was performed on PubMed (Medline), EMBASE, CINAHL (EBSCOHOST) and Scopus databases for articles published until May 2019 without time, language or study design limits. Two reviewers critically appraised the included studies independently using the standard qualit

SUBMITTER: Mantula F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877795 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature