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Efforts to increase uptake of cervical cancer screening in the absence of a national programme in Ghana: a qualitative study of stakeholders’ experience

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Published Online: 2025-10-17

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Vandyck-Sey, Priscilla Naana Efua Wurudua

Burchett, Helen Elizabeth Denise
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Article History

Received: 30 September 2023

Accepted: 9 September 2025

First Online: 17 October 2025

Declarations

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: A proposal developed ab initio by the first author after literature review on CCS in Ghana and beyond went through ethical approval processes at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Scientific &Technical and Institutional Review Board through an expedited option in Ghana. Subsequently ethical processes continued in parallel between the London School of Hygiene’s Tropical Medicine’s (LSHTM) ethical review board’s process till both institutions gave final ethical approval. Protocol Identification numbers are KBTH-STC/IRB 00046/2022 and LSHTM MSc Ethics Ref: 27563 from KBTH, Ghana and LSHTM, UK respectively.

: Not Applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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