Narrative review on awareness, challenges, and vaccine uptake of cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Jesse, AM | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mwita, S | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-04-28T12:03:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-04-28T12:03:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description | Journal article | |
| dc.description.abstract | Cervical cancer is among the distressing problems in many countries in the world, while many cases are revealed in sub-Saharan Africa. Consequently, the objective of this paper was to provide a narrative review on awareness, challenges, and vaccine uptake of cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) using online and offline library resources in a documentary review design where different publications on the theme were extracted and discussed. The review employed a content analysis approach. The findings of this review show that there is low awareness of cervical cancer, the screening process, and the Human Papillomavirus vaccine. The challenges hindering cervical cancer screening and vaccine uptake are related to: lack of health personnel; social myths and stigma; fear of cancer; cultural practices among Africans; and health personnel’s attitude. It is concluded that, given the status of awareness of people about cervical cancer, the mitigation measures for containing and reducing the transmission of cervical cancer are less effective in sub-Saharan Africa and other countries. Hence, there is a need for more location-specific evidence on sociocultural factors that may hamper the adoption of recommended practices to address the problem. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jasem.v29i7.4 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1119-8362 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/20.500.14820/7503 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | AJOL | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage. Vol. 29 (7) 2089-2100 July 2025 | |
| dc.subject | Cervical Cancer | |
| dc.subject | Screening | |
| dc.subject | Human Papillomavirus | |
| dc.subject | Vaccine | |
| dc.subject | Awareness | |
| dc.title | Narrative review on awareness, challenges, and vaccine uptake of cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| dc.type | Article |