Partnership Driving Impact: An Integrated Women-Centric Model to Improve Early Detection and Treatment of Cervical and Breast Cancer in Ghana and India
Government-industry-NGO partnerships successfully integrated cancer screening into routine care across Ghana and India, reaching high treatment completion rates.
This real-world multi-stakeholder program integrated breast and cervical cancer screening into routine clinical service in Ghana and India, demonstrating high treatment completion rates (100% in Ghana) and broad acceptance of HPV self-collection. The study provides concrete evidence that government-industry-NGO-community partnerships can achieve population-scale early detection coverage in low- and middle-income countries with limited healthcare infrastructure.
What the study was
- Study design
- Real-world multi-stakeholder implementation program
- Population
- Women in Bekwai, Ghana (5730 breast; 4997 cervical) and Amethi, India (4505 breast; 10,141 cervical)
- Sample size
- 25373
- Category
- Early Detection
- Maturity
- Validated
- Journal
- Cancer Medicine
Why it surfaced
Score 7 with EARLY_CANCER_DETECTION flag triggers HIGH. Provides real-world evidence for scalable breast+cervical cancer screening in two high-burden LMICs, with large combined n=25,373 women screened, high HPV self-collection uptake, and 100% treatment completion in Ghana. Validates practical scalability of integrated women's cancer programs in resource-limited settings.
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