Association of HIV status and treatment characteristics with VIA screening outcomes in Malawi: A retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although evidence from high-resource settings indicates that women with HIV are at higher risk of acquiring high-risk HPV and developing cervical cancer, data from cervical cancer "screen and treat" programs using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) in lower-income countries have found mixed evidence about the association between HIV status and screening outcomes. Moreover, there is limited evidence regarding the effect of HIV-related characteristics (e.g., viral suppression, treatment factors) on screening outcomes in these high HIV burden settings.

Methods

This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between HIV status, HIV treatment, and viral suppression with cervical cancer screening outcomes. Data from a "screen and treat" program based at a large, fre

SUBMITTER: Lewis S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8789172 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature