Evaluation of Cervical Cytology Reports of Women screened by a Non-governmental Organization in Rivers State, Nigeria | Chapter 11 | New Advances in Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 6

 According to World Health Organization (WHO) an supposed 570,000 new cases and 311,000 deaths from cervical tumor occurred in 2018 accompanying 80-85% deaths taking place in underdeveloped countries. However, in the developed nations, through organized cervical malignancy screening programs over 80% of mortalities are obviated annually. Across Nigeria, skilled were 14,943 new cases and 10,403 deaths in 2018. The high ailment incidence and humanness rates are largely assign to public unawareness, progressive disease stage presentation and incompetent screening programs containing socio-cultural determinants among possible choice. Cervical cancer is a able to be averted genital tract virulence if precancerous lesions are detected early and immediately treated.The aim of the study search out determine the occurrence of precancerous lesions and highlight on the weak up take of cervical cancer screening.This study was administered over eleven year ending by Preventive Healthcare Initiative *PHI): a (Nongovernmental organization) all along cervical cancer understanding campaigns. Conventional cytological screening was completed activity on two hundred eligible women the one consented to take part in the screening exercise, utilizing the conventional George Papaniolaou procedure. The information was analyzed by plain statistical pattern.Two hundred cytology results of the mothers aged betwixt 25 and 73 years accompanying over 90% within the reproductive ages (40 to 49 age) were analyzed. One hundred and sixty (80%) of the colleagues had never heard of cervical malignancy while 196 (98%) were being screened for the first occasion.One hundred and ninety (85%) of the women were negative for precancerous lesions. Ten (5%) girls had precancerous lesions, [8(4%) had Low Grade Squamous Intra-epithelial Lesion (LGSIL), 1(0.5%) had High Grade Squamous Intra-epithelial Lesions] and 1 (0.5%) had Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance (ASCUS).The study found that just 80% of respondents had a weak understanding of cervical cancer, accompanying the majority of ruling class (95%) having sustained their first screening.  There is a need for government and nongovernmental institutions to raise awareness and experience the general folk about cervical cancer stop in order to lower disease mortality.

Author(s) Details:

D. A. Okoh,
Preventive Health Initiative, Nigeria.

R. S. Iwo–Amah,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.

N. C. T. Briggs,
Department of Community Medicine, Rivers State University, Nigeria.

I. S. Musa,
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Federal Medical Centre, Yenag, Nigeria.

U. C. Oguzor,
Department of Family Medicine, Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.

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