Code
13V16708
Duration
15 October 2008 → 15 December 2010
Funding
Federal funding: various
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Laboratory medicine
- Palliative care and end-of-life care
- Regenerative medicine
- Other basic sciences
- Laboratory medicine
- Palliative care and end-of-life care
- Regenerative medicine
- Other clinical sciences
- Other health sciences
- Nursing
- Other paramedical sciences
- Laboratory medicine
- Palliative care and end-of-life care
- Regenerative medicine
- Other translational sciences
- Other medical and health sciences
Keywords
HPV
Project description
The project involves the detection, prevention and treatment of precancerous lesions and cervical cancer in Congo by 1/ the organization of a network of hospitals in Kinshasa where screening and treatment will be developed through training a team of Gynecologists and cytopathologues cytotechnicians 2/ a study of the cost-benefit of various screening techniques and reliability in the context of Congo 3/ determining the genotype profile and oncogenic human papillomavirus (Human Papillomavirus , HPV) in Kinshasa environment 4/ determination of various co-factors that influence the pathogenicity of HPV 5/ development of prevention and vaccination strategy