Demonstration of a single-visit algorithm to improve breast care efficiency in rural Zambia

Simulating Zambia's “screen and treat” approach to cervical cancer prevention, we designed and implemented a single-visit algorithm to improve breast care efficiency. Two breast care outreach camps were implemented, each of one-week duration, during which breast self-awareness, psychosocial counseling, clinical breast examination, ultrasound, ultrasound-guided biopsy, imprint cytology of biopsy specimens, surgical treatment or referral, were offered to participants within a single-visit format.Similar to the “screen and treat” approach for cervical cancer prevention, a single-visit algorithm has the potential to vastly improve breast care efficiency in low-resource environments.