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ArticleFrontiers in global women's health2026

Women-centered cervical cancer prevention in a low-resource setting: a case study of The Lily Project, Nicaragua.

Kammi K Schmeer, Sinem Esengen, Anielka Medina, Susan Cotton

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Article in Frontiers in global women's health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kammi K SchmeerDepartment of Sociology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Sinem EsengenDepartment of Sociology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Anielka MedinaThe Lily Project, Chicago, IL, United States.
Susan CottonThe Lily Project, Chicago, IL, United States.

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Abstract

Despite being preventable, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. Barriers such as lack of quality care, social stigma, loss to follow-up, and limited knowledge of sexual health hinder access to cervical cancer screening and treatment, particularly among rural and low-income women. In this case study, we describe the Lily Project, a Nicaraguan-based cervical cancer prevention non-governmental organization working in a politically, socially and economically restrictive context. With no national HPV testing or vaccination program, and low quality, underfunded public health services, The Lily Project aimed to bolster cervical cancer screening and education for marginalized women in rural areas. Through multiple stakeholder collaboration, the organization implemented a women-centered approach that included mobile screening clinics and education to provide women with informed, private and female-conducted exams, results and follow up care. The Lily Project serves as a model of how women-centered care could be implemented in low-resource settings with particular attention to improving the quality of care for cervical exams for cervical cancer screenings among geographically and socially marginalized populations.

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gynecological healthLatin Americamobile healthsexual healthwomen's empowerment

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PMID42775299
PMCPMC13596122

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