ACCESS-A: Adequate Cervical cancer Capacity building, Education and Screening in Subsaharan-Africa

Adequate Cervical cancer Capacity building, Education and Screening in Subsaharan-Africa

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201304000533711

Enrollment

80000

Registered

2013-04-21

Start date

2014-06-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Urological and Genital Diseases HPV infection, cervical cancer

Interventions

HPV screening by VIA

HPV screening by careHPV test

HPV test by low resource HPV typing

only second round screening

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: women age 18 to 65, inhabitants of certain districts in Ghana, giving consent to participation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: pregnant women women not aboe to give consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Data on the prevalence of HPV infection, cervical dysplasia and most effective screening algorithm in low resource settings	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Attitudes of women to HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening; Increase in knowledge about cervical cancer; Training of health workers to detect and treat cervical dysplasia; Identification of suitable new low resource-adapted screening tools in a real life setting; Model for sustainable methods of cervical cancer screening in developing countries	—

Countries

Ghana

Contacts

Public ContactKofi Effah

Gynecologist

vandidi@yahoo.co.uk233 275271027

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026