Breast cancer awareness and preferences for screening messaging on menstrual hygiene products in Ghana and Tanzania
Findings highlight generally low BHA level in Ghana and Tanzania. The strong acceptability of having BHA messages on MHP presents a scalable and sustainable opportunity to improve BHA with the goal of reducing BC incidence and mortality.
Authors
- Frank Baiden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0141-6561)
- Shannon M. Christy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5306-7020)
- Valerie McCormack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-3442)
- Modesta Mitao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5472-8094)
- Lydia Aziato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7813-5525)
- Elisabeth Msoka
- Clement T. Narh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4025-5433)
- Tingting Mo
- Isabel Dos-Santos-Silva
- Miriam Mutebi
- Blandina T. Mmbaga
- Hannah Simba
- Janeth Kiwia
- Getrude J. Mshana
- Huruma Sapheli
- Benda Kithaka
Institutions
- University of Health and Allied Sciences (GH)
- University of South Florida (US)
- Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi (KE)
- Moffitt Cancer Center (US)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Aga Khan University Nairobi (KE)
- African Population and Health Research Center (KE)
- Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (TZ)
- Centre international de recherche sur le cancer (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2026-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-026-01522-9
- Primary Topic
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00