Table 1 Implementation strategies for cervical cancer prevention and control in Tanzania, 2020–2024
Target population | Intervention | Sites providing services | |
|---|---|---|---|
Vaccination | Girls aged 14 years | 2 doses human papillomavirus vaccine [8] | Health centres, dispensaries, schools |
Screening | Women living with human immunodeficiency virus: 15–49 years Women of the general population: 30–49 years | Visual inspection with acetic acid HPV-DNA | Health centres, dispensaries, all hospitalsa Regional referral and district hospitals |
Pre-cancer treatment | Women with a positive screening test | Cryotherapy Loop electrical excision procedures | Health centres, dispensaries, regional referral and district hospitals All hospitals |
Tertiary interventions for cancer | Screened women suspicious of cancer | Diagnostics Chemotherapy Radiotherapy Palliative care | All hospitalsa Regional referral hospitals Regional referral hospitals Health centres, regional referral and district hospitals |