Authors/year

Region/study site

Sample size

Study design/instrument

Screening type

Proportion of women ever screened (%)

Statistical Analysis

Perng 2013 [14]

Bagamoyo District.

300 Women (age not reported)

Cross-sectional/interviewer administered questionnaires

VIA

75.60%

Descriptive and multivariate

Cunningham 2015 [15]

Kilimanjaro Region

575 women aged 18-55 years

Cross-sectional/interviewer administered

VIA

6%

Descriptive and multivariate

Moshi 2019 [16]

Dodoma Region

1,587 women aged between 15 and 49

Cross-sectional/interviewer administered

VIA

7.90%

Descriptive and multivariate

Weng 2020 [17]

 Zanzibar, Tanzania

1483 women aged 14-65 years

Cross-sectional study/interviewer-administered structured questionnaire

N/A

4.38%

Descriptive and multivariate

McCree 2015 [18]

Tanzania

35 participants and key informants (KII)

Qualitative /Face-to-face interviews and  focus group discussion

N/A

Not measured

N/A

Lyimo 2012 [19]

Moshi Rural District

354 women aged 18 to 69 years

Cross-sectional/interviewer administered

VIA

22.60%

Descriptive and multivariate

Henke 2021 [20]

Northern Tanzania

2,192 ≥ 18 years

Cross-sectional survey/ Questionnaires and clinical data

VIA

2.60%

Descriptive

Julius 2022 [21]

Mara Region

296 women aged 18-49 years

Cross-sectional study/interviewer-administered questionnaire

N/A

31.80%

Descriptive and multivariate

Kileo 2015 [22]

Ilala Municipality

512 female primary school teachers

Cross-sectional study/self-administered questionnaire

N/A

21%

Descriptive and multivariate

Kim ambo 2023 [23]

Mbeya Region

420 women aged 20-49 years

Descriptive exploratory research design

N/A

66.20%

Descriptive

Koneru 2017 [24]

Dar-es-Salaam Region

 399 aged 19 years or older attending HIV clinics

A cross-sectional study/self-administered questionnaire

VIA

9.00%

Descriptive

Bateman 2019 [25]

Dar-es-Salaam Region

40 HIV-positive women, 19 years or older and clinicians

Qualitative/focus groups

N/A

Not measured

N/A

Mrema 2022 [26]

Kilimanjaro Region

327 WLHIV aged 18-70 years

Cross-sectional study/ interviewer-administered questionnaire

VIA and Pap Smear

Not measured

Descriptive and multivariate

Theophil 2022 [27]

Muhimbili National Hospital

221 Female Nurses and doctors

Cross-sectional study/semi-structured self-administered questionnaires

VIA

29.90%

Descriptive and multivariate

Mboineki 2020 [28]

Urban Tanzania

1013 Women

Cross-sectional study/Validated self-administered questionnaire

N/A

8.20%

Descriptive and multivariate

Mugassa 2020 [29]

National and district levels-Tanzania

10 key Informants

Exploratory qualitative study

N/A

Not measured

N/A

Lidofsky 2019 [30]

Maasai Women in Rural Tanzania

32 women and 34 HCWs

Blend of qualitative & quantitative studies

N/A

Not measured

Descriptive