Adherence to follow-up cervical cancer screening and its predictors among women living with HIV in Moshi municipality, Tanzania: a hospital-based retrospective cohort study (2019–2024)
Dickson Doto, Laura J Shirima, Blandina Mmbaga, Deogratius Kinoko, Innocent B Mboya, Innocent H Peter Ughh, Alex Mremi, Patricia Swai, Bariki Mchome · 2026
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Dickson Doto and co-authors tracked whether women living with HIV in Moshi, Tanzania, came back for follow-up cervical screening, in this 2026 cohort study. The records covered 2,030 women first screened between 2019 and 2021. Only about a third returned for the recommended follow-up, and barely a fifth of those came on time.
Return rates ran higher at private clinics and among women whose first screen was abnormal, and rose with age and number of children. Women first screened at outreach sites returned least. The authors urge stronger recall systems in public and outreach settings, and targeted nudges for younger women and those whose first result was normal and easy to forget.
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| CREATOR | Dickson Doto, Laura J Shirima, Blandina Mmbaga, Deogratius Kinoko, Innocent B Mboya, Innocent H Peter Ughh, Alex Mremi, Patricia Swai, Bariki Mchome |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |