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February 22, 2014JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute243 citationsOpen Access

Effect of VIA Screening by Primary Health Workers: Randomized Controlled Study in Mumbai, India

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SSS. S. ShastriIMIndraneel MittraGMGauravi Mishra

Key Points

  • The study aims to evaluate the impact of VIA screening by primary health workers on cervical cancer mortality.
  • Randomized controlled trial conducted in Mumbai, India.
  • Involvement of primary health workers for cervical cancer screening using VIA.
  • Statistical analysis of cervical cancer mortality rates before and after intervention.
  • Cervical cancer mortality significantly reduced with VIA screening by primary health workers.
  • Estimated prevention of 22000 cervical cancer deaths annually in India.
  • Potential to prevent 72600 deaths in resource-poor countries.

Abstract

VIA screening by primary health workers statistically significantly reduced cervical cancer mortality. Our study demonstrates the efficacy of an easily implementable strategy that could prevent 22000 cervical cancer deaths in India and 72600 deaths in resource-poor countries annually.

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Shastri et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7c40e2f3446b9d5d17d67https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/dju009
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