Sociographic dataThe 15 health decision-makers interviewed were aged between 29 and 60 years. (EPHI, advisor and health decision-maker)HPV and cervical cancer burden in EthiopiaWith an estimated 6300 new cases in 2018, health decision-makers regarded CC as the second most frequent malignancy among women in Ethiopia. This is because even though HPV-18 is considered a critical trigger of CC in Ethiopia, health decision-makers had their doubts regarding ranking it second after HPV-16. Both parties agreed on focusing on the most prevalent types for integration into a mathematical model (Supplementary Table 2, excerpt 3). However, health decision-makers had a few recommendations for modelers working with mathematical models.

Source: Ethiopian News April 17, 2023 16:31 UTC