HPV self-sampling in low-resource settings: An overlooked opportunity for cervical cancer screening

Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment of the disease, many women in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) still die from cervical cancer because of their inability to access effective screening programmes. The use of self-sampling methods has been found to be highly effective and acceptable to women, especially those who do not present for screening. This method is an under-utilized but highly practical approach and should be integrated into health centres' primary health care programmes.