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. 2023;24(5):1781–1788. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2023.24.5.1781

Table 4.

Elements of Organised Screening that have been Implemented

Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska Georgia Ex Tbilisi Kazakhstan Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Moldova North
Macedonia
Serbia Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan
Central administrative unita Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Central access to population datab No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Recruitmentc Loc Loc Opp Opp Opp Loc Loc Loc Loc, Opp Opp Loc Loc Loc, Opp Opp Loc Loc Opp Loc
Data recordingd ii,v iii,v iv v iii,iv iii,iv i,v iii,iv iii,v v iii,iv ii,v iii,iv v iii,iv iii,iv iii,v iii,v
Cancer registrye Nat Imp Nat Nat Reg Reg Nat Nat Nat Reg Nat Nat Nat Nat Nat Nat Nat Nat
Member of the: IACR Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
ENCR No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes No
Central access to a cancer registryf No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
QAg Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No
Screening guidelinesh - year Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No
2019 2014 2008 2003 2010 2012 2018 2015 2020 2017 2014
Clinical protocols colposcopyi - year Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes 2014 Yes Yes
2019 2014 2010 2012 2018 2020 2020 2013 2017 2014 2019

a, Central administrative unit: a central (national/regional/municipal) administrative unit with official responsibility for coordinating the screening process; b, Central access to population data: the central administrative unit has access to a current database that could be used to characterise the target population with sufficient detail so women who should be screened can be identified and invited; c, Recruitment: Loc = the local screening providers identify the women who should be screened from their lists of the attached populations and invite them; Opp = women are screened opportunistically upon their own request or when they are attending the health care provider for other reasons; d, Data recording ; i. Central recording of ID details for each woman screened together with her screening test results and follow-up procedures; ii. Central recording of ID details for each woman screened together with her screening test results but not monitoring the follow-up/treatment of screen-positive women; iii. Central recording of the number of screening tests but not linked to any ID details; iv. Provider level recording of ID for each woman screened together with her screening test results and follow-up procedures; v. Provider level recording of ID details for each woman screened together with her screening test results but not monitoring the follow-up/treatment of screen-positive women.; e, Cancer registry: Nat = national; Reg = regional; Imp = implementing; f, Central access to a cancer registry: the central administrative unit has access to a population-based cancer registry for QA and audit; g, QA system: a centrally managed QA system covering the cervical screening process; h, Screening guidelines: guidelines for the entire screening process describing the roles of all the component services as well as the interaction between them; i., Colposcopy clinical protocols: protocols describing the management of screen-positive women based on their screening and/or follow-up test results, as well as the clinical procedures that are required at each step in the process.