Background Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the world. In parts of Africa it is the most common cancer among women. The age-specific incident rate is in some parts of Africa. Persistent infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is a necessary cause of cervical cancer and HIV is a known co-factor that enhances the oncogenic potential of HPV. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest number of people living with HIV. In Nigeria there are about 4.5 million people living with HIV/AIDS; more than half are women. Women infected with HIV are at greater risk of persistent HPV infection and consequently at greater risk of the associated premalignant disease and cervical cancer. The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge of HIV-positive women on HPV and cervical cancer.
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Anorlu et al. (2010) studied this question.