Health service delivery models for scaling use of point-of-care HPV ‘test and treat’ strategies in high-burden, low-income settings

Andrew Vallely; Pamela Tollman

doi:10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30062-5

Journal of Virus Eradication (Mar 2019)

Health service delivery models for scaling use of point-of-care HPV ‘test and treat’ strategies in high-burden, low-income settings

Andrew Vallely,
Pamela Tollman

Affiliations

Andrew Vallely: Corresponding author: Andrew Vallely, Public Health Interventions Research Group, Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Papua New Guinea Collaborative Research Program in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNG IMR); Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Pamela Tollman: Papua New Guinea Collaborative Research Program in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNG IMR); Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30062-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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Visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA) has shown disappointing performance when used alone as part of screen and treat strategies for cervical cancer prevention in Papua New Guinea. Point-of-care testing with the Xpert® HPV assay (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) offers a new approach, enabling ‘test and treat’ services using self-collected specimens with same-day curative cervical ablation (cryotherapy or thermocoagulation).

Published in Journal of Virus Eradication

ISSN: 2055-6640 (Print); 2055-6659 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-virus-eradication

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