A Systematic Review on the Incidence of Cervical Cancer in Zambia
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 1
Abstract
Cervical cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer related deaths in the world especially in developing countries, its ranked the 2nd common cause of cancer in women. Latin America, sub-Sahara African, south and South East Asia has the highest incident rate of cervical cancer of about 15% of cancer globally. Zambia is ranked second with Incidence Rate of (53.7/100,000 women) in sub-Saharan Africa. To determine the incidence of cervical cancer in Zambia, assess the risk factors of cervical cancer and find out the preventive measures available. The systematic review followed the checklist guidelines of PRIAMA and this review is based on scientific articles, Peer-reviewed journals on cervical cancer from databases like Pub med and Google scholar. Out of 5050 studies containing the key words, 10 articlesselected was for this review. The studies concluded that Zambia has the highest incidence of cervical cancer. Among the risk factors of cervical cancer were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human papilloma virus (HPV) as well as other co-factors. Screening was the test used to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer through visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP). Zambia is among the developing countries with the highest incidence of cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. Digital cervicography-based cervical cancer screening programs are now effective and scalable in resourcesconstrained settings like Zambia and saves as a platform for the introduction of other critical and urgent women’s cancer and prevention as well as treatment initiatives
Authors and Affiliations
Prof. Dr. NH Simon, Dr. Ajoke Akinola, Chomba Kabwe
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