Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Prevention in Tanzania

Research project The natural history of Human papillomavirus (HPV) in sub-Saharan Africa is not yet fully understood and information about how HIV together with other risk factors interacts with HPV acquisition and HPV persistence/clearance is warranted. Additionally ... Midterm report 2019: 4063 women were recruited at ORCI and KCMC. Questionnaire interviews as well as collection of cervical samples for careHPV testing, ThinPrep and VIA was done. 75.0% (n = 3039) of recruited women were seen during 1st follow-u ...
Period: 2015-01-1 to 2021-12-31 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI), Tanzania Partner institutions: University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark Rigshospitalet (RH), Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUC), Tanzania Project code: 14-P02-TAN Total grant: 8,999,964 DKK
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