Knowledge, attitudes and practices of young people in Zimbabwe on cervical cancer and HPV, current screening methods and vaccination

Abstract Background The rise in cervical cancer trends in the past two decades has coincided with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic especially in the sub-Saharan African region. Young people (15 to 24 years old) are associated with many risk factors such as multiple sexual partners, ea...

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Main Authors: Witness Mapanga, Brendan Girdler-Brown, Elvira Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-6060-z