1. COFAC-Col: A Cervical Cancer Control Networking Initiative in Five French-Speaking African Countries
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Ulrick Bisvigou, Ingrid Labouba, Xavier Sastre-Garau, Blaise N'Kegoum, Mamadou Diop, Gisèle Woto Gaye, Corine Engohan Aloghe, Ismaël Hervé Koumakpayi, Tsitohery Francine Andriamampionona, Emmanuel Koffi, Isaac Sandjong, Andry Ratovohery, Nicolas Berthet, Daniel Ekra, Paul Jean Adrien Atangana, Coumba Toure Kane, Halimatou Diop-Ndiaye, Mala Rakoto-Andrianarivelo, Pierre Marie Tebeu, Pamela Moussavou Boundzanga, Judith Didi Coulibaly, Nantenaina Randrianjafisamindrakotroka, Christine Berling, Hermann Nabi, Fetra Angelot Rakotomalala, Hortense Faye Kette, Richard Njouom, Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF), Institut national du cancer [Boulogne] (INCA), Hôpital Aristide-Le-Dantec, Cancer Institute of Libreville, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [Treichville] (CHU), Institut Pasteur de Côte d'Ivoire, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Institut National d'Hygiène Publique [Côte d'Ivoire] (INHP), Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Yaoundé, Partenaires INRAE, Centre d’Infectiologie Charles-Mérieux, Université d’Antananarivo - Madagascar, Université d'Antananarivo, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona (CHUJRA), Université de Fianarantsoa, Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine - Alexis Vautrin [Nancy] (UNICANCER/ICL), UNICANCER, and In memory of Dr. Benedicte Contamin from Centre d'Infectiologie Charles Merieux (Madagascar), deceased during the implementation of this project
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Gerontology ,Epidemiology ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ,MESH: Africa ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Global issue ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Cervical cancer ,MESH: Humans ,business.industry ,Cancer ,medicine.disease ,3. Good health ,MESH: Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ,[SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Africa ,[SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,Female ,business ,MESH: Female - Abstract
Cancer is a global issue with significant disparities in the way it affects populations within and across countries. Cervical cancer disproportionately affects the poorest regions of the world. It is the leading cause of cancer-related death for women living in sub-Saharan Africa ([1–3][1]).
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- 2016
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