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Table 1 Summary of country settings

From: Investigating feasibility of 2021 WHO protocol for cervical cancer screening in underscreened populations: PREvention and SCReening Innovation Project Toward Elimination of Cervical Cancer (PRESCRIP-TEC)

 

Bangladesh

India

Slovak Republic

Uganda

Population (million) [16]

164.69

1380

5.46

45.74

GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) [16]

5136.7

6501.5

32014.6

2293.5

Cervical cancer incidence rate (crude, per 100 000) [17]

10.2

18.7

24.9

30

Cervical cancer incidence rate (age-standardized, per 100 000) [17]

10.6

18.0

16.6

56.2

Cervical cancer mortality (crude, per 100 000) [17]

6.1

11.7

10.1

19.9

Cervical cancer mortality (age-standardized, per 100 000) [17]

6.7

11.4

5.3

41.4

Available/recommended method of screening

VIA

VIA/Pap smear

Pap smear

VIA

Type of screening

Opportunistic

Opportunistic

Opportunistic

Opportunistic

Target age group in the project (years)

30-60

35-63

19-64

30-49