Risk Factors For Invasive Cervical Cancer Among Womren Living With HIV/AIDS At Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching And Referal Hospital In Kisumu County : A 5 Yaer Based Case - Control Study

Abstract

Background: According to WHO, almost nine out of ten (87%) cervical cancer deaths occur in the less developed regions. There were an estimated 311,000 deaths from cervical cancer worldwide in 2018, accounting for 7.5% of all female cancer deaths. Despite cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Kenya, the uptake of cervical cancer screening services remains low. HIV infection predisposes these women to persistent Human Papilloma Virus infection, the cause of invasive cervical cancer, which is an AIDS-defining illness. Kisumu County is heavily burdened by both of these infections but the utilization of cervical cancer screening services in the general population is low at 3%.Therefore there is a need for increased uptake of cervical cancer screening services among the HIV-infected women. This study seeks to establish the risk factors associated with invasive cervical cancer in this population, the socio-demographic, reproductive,medical and HIV-related risk factors Broad Objective: It was to determine the risk factorsforcervical cancer among the HIV infected women with versus those without cervical cancer who received care at JOOTRH between 2012-2016.......