Cervical cancer places a major burden on women in Africa, and inadequate screening contributes to Nigeria’s share of that burden. CMIPD’s project was designed to compare screening approaches in rural and urban communities while expanding access to testing.
The project began in May 2022 as A Community-Based Comparative Study of Cervical Cancer Screening Approaches Among Rural and Urban Nigerian Women: A National Cross-Sectional Study. It compares HPV testing, cytology and visual inspection with acetic acid in resource-limited settings.
20,000+screening kits distributed17tertiary institutions initially adopted13centres active by the end of 20245,756women recorded as screened National leadershipNational Principal Investigator and Coordinator: Prof. A. A. F. Banjo, Department of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital.
Participating states and coordinating centres
No.State or regionCoordinating centre1Oyo StateAdeoyo Maternity Teaching Hospital, Ibadan2Osun StateUNIOSUN Teaching Hospital, Osogbo3Cross River StateUniversity of Calabar Teaching Hospital4Adamawa StateFederal Medical Centre, Yola5Kaduna StateAhmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital6Kaduna StateBarau Dikko Teaching Hospital7FCTUniversity of Abuja Teaching Hospital8Anambra StateNnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi9Borno StateUniversity of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital10Kano StateAminu Kano Teaching Hospital11Gombe StateFederal Teaching Hospital, Gombe12Lagos StateLagos University Teaching Hospital13Ogun StateOlabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital, Sagamu14Eastern RegionSociety of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Nigeria, Eastern Sector15Osun StateObafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife16Edo StateIrrua Specialist Teaching Hospital17Ekiti StateFederal Teaching Hospital, Ido-EkitiFacilities that later left the project
- Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital — 500 kits; no screening recorded.
- SOGON Eastern Sector, coordinated by Dr Emily Nzeribe — 4,000 kits.
- Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital — 500 kits.
- Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital — 250 kits.
Women screened by centre
The centre-level figures below reproduce the progress figures supplied in the CMIPD report.
Principal investigatorStateCoordinating centreWomen screenedDr Tawakkalt Afolake OlawepoOyo StateAdeoyo Maternity Teaching Hospital, Ibadan150Dr Sekina Bola-OyebamijiOsun StateUNIOSUN Teaching Hospital, Osogbo287Dr Boniface AgoCross River StateUniversity of Calabar Teaching Hospital49Dr Aisha MustaphaKaduna StateAhmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital68Dr Joel AdzeKaduna StateBarau Dikko Teaching Hospital407Dr Habiba Ibrahim AbdullahiFCTUniversity of Abuja Teaching Hospital230Dr George ElejeAnambra StateNnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi12Dr EzenkweleEnugu StateUniversity of Nigeria Teaching Hospital62Dr Usman Aliyu UmarKano StateAminu Kano Teaching Hospital800Dr Halima Usman FaroukGombe StateFederal Teaching Hospital, Gombe445Dr Olumide AdewaraEkiti StateFederal Teaching Hospital, Ekiti246Prof. Adekunbiola BanjoLagos StateLagos University Teaching Hospital1,000Dr Yakubu GanaNiger StateFederal Medical Centre, Bida2,000Total5,756CMIPD also provided each participating centre with 50,000 in support funding to help facilitate the project.
