The changing dynamics of cervical cancer screening and treatment in Papua New Guinea

John W. Bolnga; Mary R. Bagita

doi:10.1071/MJ21001

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The changing dynamics of cervical cancer screening and treatment in Papua New Guinea

John W. Bolnga ^A ^* and Mary R. Bagita ^B

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^A Madang Provincial Health Authority, PO Box 2119, Madang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

^B Port Moresby General Hospital, Private Mail Bag 01, Boroko, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.

^* Correspondence to: johnbolnga@gmail.com

Handling Editors: Collins Andrew and William Pomat

Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 64, MJ21001 https://doi.org/10.1071/MJ21001

Published: 29 August 2024

© 2024 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)

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