The clinical care was based primarily on screening of women at health-center level by nurses using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), with visual inspection with Lugol’s iodine (VILI) being added to the screening algorithm later in the project. Since it was not considered feasible or cost- effective to offer treatment at every facility offering screening, women were referred to the district hospital for further management after a positive screening test. Nurses at the district hospital carried out cryotherapy, and more complicated cases were referred to the provincial hospital. Several strategies were employed to mobilize women to seek cervical screening services.
