“The best thing is that you are doing it for yourself” – perspectives on acceptability and feasibility of HPV self-sampling among cervical cancer screening clients in Tanzania: a qualitative pilot study

Abstract Background Cervical cancer is the most common type of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa, and it is also the cancer disease that most women die from. The high mortality rate is partly due to low attendance rates to screening services and low sensitivity of visual inspection with acetic acid, whic...

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Main Authors: Aleksandra Bakiewicz, Vibeke Rasch, Julius Mwaiselage, Ditte S. Linde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Women's Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12905-020-00917-7