Availability and Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment Services at 19 Kenyan Health Facilities: A Brief Report
Gaps noted were low screening rates, opportunities to improve the efficiency of CC services, structural limitations in implementing the screen-and-treat approach, and poor documentation of CC services and outcomes. Urgent action is needed to ensure that all facilities offering CC screening are equipped with the personnel, supplies, and equipment necessary to conduct guideline-adherent same-day cryotherapy or thermal ablation treatment and improve documentation at the facility level to track CC services across the cascade of care.
Authors
- Shadrack Babu
- Nicodemus Maosa
- Natabhona Mabachi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5385-9340)
- Kathy Goggin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8679-9911)
- May Maloba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1450-3795)
- Vincent S. Staggs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-9149)
- Sarah Finocchario‐Kessler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7604-5606)
- Catherine Wexler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1891-9165)
- Sharon Mokua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-8270)
Institutions
- Children's Mercy Hospital (US)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
- University of Missouri–Kansas City (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JCO Global Oncology
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/go-24-00255
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.06