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. 2024 Jul 2;14:1371529. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1371529

Table 2.

Summary statistics of the hospitals surveyed.

Variable Frequency Proportion
Hospital tier (n=3,150)
Level 2 2,264 71.9
Level 3 648 20.6
Level 4 210 6.7
Level 5 25 0.8
Level 6 3 0.1
Facility ownership (n=3,150)
Public 3,021 95.9
Faith-based 69 2.2
Private/NGO 60 1.9
Cervical and breast cancer services offered (n=3,150)
Awareness creation 2,128 67.6
Breast cancer screening 2,467 78.3
Cervical cancer screening only 1,499 47.6%
Cervical cancer screening and treatment 166 5.3%
Pathology (biopsy and histology) 17 0.5
Cadres of HCWs available (n=29,326)
Nurses 18,639 63.6
Clinical officers 4,286 14.6
Laboratory technologists 3,050 10.4
Public Health Officers 1,935 6.6
Medical officers 1,215 4.1
Gynaecologists 134 0.5
Histo-technicians 28 0.1
Pathologists 20 0.1
Cytologists 19 0.1
Health information system (n=3,150)
Data tools available 606 19.2
IEC materials available 774 24.6
Electronic health systems (n=1,905)
EMR 240 12.6%
Internet 289 15.2%
Demand generation approaches (n=2,128)
Cancer awareness months 540 25.4
Places of worship 432 20.3
Community Health Workers 1,835 86.2
Community Leaders 559 26.3
Mass media 80 3.8
Community Outreaches 1,035 48.6
Others 419 19.7

Some percentages may not be exactly 100% due to rounding-up to one decimal place.