Saturday, April 9, 2022.
Update report on routine cervical precancer screening for antenatal/postnatal women at Catholic Hospital, Battor.
Presented by Dr. Hannah Bannor (Medical Officer, Catholic Hospital, Battor), on Thursday, April 7, 2022, during her training in Module 1 at the Cervical Cancer Prevention and Training Centre (CCPTC) in Catholic Hospital, Battor.
Highlights
- Fourteen percent (14%) of antenatal and postnatal women screened have high risk HPV, the group of viruses that cause cervical cancer.
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Most of these women go to a health facility only when they get pregnant (or to the Child Welfare Clinics after delivery).
- Many of these women will never go to any health facility again if they don’t get pregnant again (and might present in future with frank cervical cancer).
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We provide strong evidence for the need for cervical precancer screening during the antenatal and postnatal periods in Ghana (and other low income countries).
- This approach will be one of the best ways to achieve WHO’s 90-70-90 target in the cervical cancer elimination initiative in low (middle) income countries.
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