2020
DOI: 10.21203/rs.2.17048/v2
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The prevalence of hrHPV among the isolated community in the Highland of Bario, Sarawak, East Malaysia

Abstract: Background Malaysia has introduced the free Pap smear as the primary cervical cancer screening program since the 1960s but has only achieved the national coverage of 22%. The coverage would be much lower in the rural communities especially in Sarawak where many villages and communities are still living in low resource settings and inaccessible by road. In this study, we have evaluated Qiagen’s careHPV system as a point-of-careHPV diagnostic test together with the visualization using acetic acid (VIA) in the is… Show more

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“…The Malaysian Ministry of Health has tackled these issues by introducing other prevention strategies. In 2010, free HPV immunisation was incorporated into Malaysian school health programs to vaccinate 250,000 school girls [ 3 ]. In recent years, the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) started to provide free HPV DNA Pap smear screening tests for married, widowed, or divorced Malaysian women aged 25 to 65 years old [ 4 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Malaysian Ministry of Health has tackled these issues by introducing other prevention strategies. In 2010, free HPV immunisation was incorporated into Malaysian school health programs to vaccinate 250,000 school girls [ 3 ]. In recent years, the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) started to provide free HPV DNA Pap smear screening tests for married, widowed, or divorced Malaysian women aged 25 to 65 years old [ 4 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%