Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Bull. World Health Organ. · Sep 2013
Integration of comprehensive women's health programmes into health systems: cervical cancer prevention, care and control in Rwanda.
Although it is highly preventable and treatable, cervical cancer is the most common and most deadly cancer among women in Rwanda. ⋯ Low-income countries should begin to address cervical cancer by integrating prevention, screening and treatment into routine women's health services. This requires political will, cross-sectoral collaboration and planning, innovative partnerships and robust monitoring and evaluation. With external support and adequate planning, high nationwide coverage rates for HPV vaccination and screening for cervical cancer can be achieved within a few years.