National Policies to Prevent and Manage Cervical Cancer in East African Countries: A Policy Mapping Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Policy mapping is used to provide evidence on effective interventions and highlight the necessary refinements of health policies. The goal of this work is to carry out legal mapping to identify and assess health policies for the prevention and management of cervical cancer in East African countries. Cervical cancer, as a largely preventable disease, is the cause of most cancer deaths among women in East African countries. Legal documents were searched uniformly from government websites, national cancer institute sites, and international and national legal databases, then the data were analyzed using the Nvivo12 software package. The sample of 24 documents includes policies, plans, guidelines, acts, and strategies from 12 East African countries. The emerging themes were screening, preventio

SUBMITTER: Njuguna DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7352307 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature