Factors associated with cervical cancer screening: results from cross-sectional surveys in Kenya and Malawi.

Background: Cervical cancer screening is an essential public health intervention, and critical to meeting the Global Strategy for Cervical Cancer Elimination goals - yet most women in low- and middle-income countries are never screened. There is a need to understand context-specific factors that facilitate or prevent women from engaging in screening.

Methods: This analysis leverages data collected in 2022-2023 from a national mobile phone-based survey in Kenya and from a household survey conducted in three districts of Malawi.

Human papillomavirus vaccination in rural Malawi: Identifying factors associated with vaccine uptake using a community-based household survey.

Uptake of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is suboptimal globally. Effective interventions are needed to meet the global goal of vaccinating 90% of girls against HPV, and this requires a robust understanding of barriers to vaccine uptake. Using a household survey in three communities of Malawi with parents/guardians of girls aged 9-13 years, we collected and analyzed data about intervention-amenable factors hypothesized to be associated with girls' HPV vaccination status.