Mamadú Camará, Fernanda Paulino da Costa, Geraldo Chambe, Agostinho Betunde, Placido Cardoso, Kenneth Johnson, Paola Rullan-Oliver, Augusto Lopez
Strengthening surveillance, disease detection, and outbreak response through Guinea-Bissau's Frontline Field Epidemiology Training Program: a cross-sectional descriptive study
The Pan African medical journal
cervical cancer primarily caused human papillomavirus hpv infection poses significant global health challenge due higher levels poverty health inequities indigenous women worldwide vulnerable cervical cancer nonindigenous counterparts however despite constituting nearly 10 population latin america caribbean lac true extent burden cervical cancer among indigenous people region remains largely unknown article reviews available information cervical cancer incidence mortality well hpv infection prevalence among indigenous women lac limited existing data suggest indigenous women region face heightened risk cervical cancer incidence mortality compared nonindigenous women nevertheless substantial knowledge gap persists must addressed comprehensively assess burden cervical cancer among indigenous populations especially enhancing cancer surveillance across lac countries numerous structural social cultural barriers hindering indigenous womens access hpv vaccination cervical cancer screening worldwide identified reviewed article discussion highlights critical role culturally sensitive education community engagement empowerment strategies overcoming barriers drawing insights success targeted strategies certain highincome countries present article advocates research policies healthcare interventions tailored unique context lac countries