London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Change of strategy could improve health of women living with HIV in the region
Screening women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa for cervical precancer using a molecular test is much more accurate than traditional methods and could reduce costly and inconvenient procedures, according to new research published in PLoS Medicine.
The study, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in partnership with the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute in South Africa and Montpellier University in France was conducted among over 1,200 women living with HIV in two African countries, Burkina Faso and South Africa.