Resources Required for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in women, with 85% of cases and deaths occurring in developing countries. While organized screening programs have reduced cervical cancer incidence in high-income countries through detection and treatment of precancerous lesions, the implementation of organized screening has not been effective in low-resource settings due to lack of infrastructure and limited budgets. Our objective was to estimate the cost of comprehensive primary and secondary cervical cancer prevention in low- and middle-income countries.

Methods and findings

We performed a modeling analysis to estimate 1) for girls aged 10 years, the cost of 2-dose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination; and 2) for women aged 30 to 49 years, the cost o

SUBMITTER: Campos NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5053484 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature