# Cervical cancer screening programme in Bangladesh

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## TL;DR

Bangladesh runs a national cervical cancer screening programme started in 2005, offering visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), as recorded by IARC's CanScreen5 survey (2025).

## Summary

IARC's Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5) fact sheet describes a national cervical cancer screening programme in Bangladesh, with qualitative data for 2025 (source: Directly from Programme). Policy: documented as a recommendation; programme started in 2005. Tests offered: visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) (ages 30 to 60, every 5 years). Free of charge: screening test yes, diagnostic tests no, treatment no. Invitations: the eligible population is invited (SMS, Phone calls, Home visits by health workers, Other (invitation done through the PHC center by the local staff)). Performance indicators (participation, referral and detection rates): reported for 2019 on the fact sheet.

## Fields

- Kind: Term
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: Bangladesh: national cervical cancer screening programme
- Tags: screening-programme

## Sources

- IARC CanScreen5 fact sheet: Bangladesh, cervix: https://canscreen5.iarc.fr/factsheets/BGD/cervix

## Connected records

- collections: [IARC Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5)](https://onco.cc/collections/canscreen5/)
- terms: [National cancer screening programmes](https://onco.cc/terms/national-screening-programmes/), [Screening](https://onco.cc/terms/screening/)
- cancers: [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/)
- fronts: [Early Detection & Screening](https://onco.cc/fronts/early-detection/)
- technologies: [HPV DNA testing and self-sampling](https://onco.cc/technologies/hpv-testing/)

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