Cervical Cancer Screening Promotion in Eswatini: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Community Health Workers’ Perceived Barriers

Abstract

While cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates have declined in developed countries, developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, continue to experience high cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates (Ba et al., 2021). Eswatini is a sub-Saharan country with one of the highest cervical cancer burdens in the world. Eswatini's age-standardised incidence and mortality rates are estimated at 84.5 and 55.7 per 100 000 female population, respectively (Bruni et al., 2021).Cervical cancer screening is an effective method of cervical cancer control (Akinlotan et al., 2017;Ba et al., 2021). The World Health Organisation has recommended that all countries implement cervical cancer screening programs (World Health Organisation, 2013). However,