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Integrating cervical cancer with HIV healthcare services: A systematic review.

Louise SigfridGeorgina MurphyVictoria HaldaneFiona Leh Hoon ChuahSuan Ee OngFrancisco Cervero-LicerasNicola WattAlconada AlvaroLaura Otero-GarciaDina BalabanovaSue HogarthWill MaimarisKent BuseMartin MckeePeter PiotPablo PerelHelena Legido-Quigley
Published in: PloS one (2017)
This review shows that integration of cervical cancer screening and treatment with HIV services using different models of service delivery is feasible as well as acceptable to women living with HIV. However, the descriptive nature of most papers and lack of data on the effect on long-term outcomes for HIV or cervical cancer limits the inference on the effectiveness of the integrated programs. There is a need for strengthening of health systems across the care continuum and for high quality studies evaluating the effect of integration on HIV as well as on cervical cancer outcomes.
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