Women’s Participation in Pap Smear Screening in a Developing Country: Evidence for Improving Health Systems

Women’s Participation in Pap Smear Screening in a Developing Country: Evidence for Improving Health Systems

IntroductionEvery year about 83,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in the Americas. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has one of the highest incidence and mortality rates from cervical cancer in the world. Although incidence has decreased by half in the last 30 years, cervical cancer r...

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Main Authors: Carolina Santamaría-Ulloa, Ileana Quirós-Rojas, Melina Montero-López, Hazel Quesada-Leitón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
Papanicolaou
prevention
cervical cancer
screening
women’s health
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.642841/full

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