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A cross-sectional study of a representative sample of the women aged 15\u201364 years (<jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>=1888) was carried out in 2014\/2015 following the WHO-Stepwise Approach to Chronic Disease Risk Factor Surveillance. The prevalence of screening uptake using visual inspection with acetic acid or cervical cytology, at least once in a lifetime, was 3.0% [95% confidence interval (CI): 2.2\u20134.1]; the prevalence was the lowest in the center region (1.4%) and the highest in the capital city of Maputo (11.1%). Among women aged 30\u201355 years, the prevalence was 3.4% (95% CI: 2.3\u20135.2) and the factors independently associated with a greater frequency of screening uptake were education (\u22658 schooling years vs. none: prevalence ratio=5.57, 95% CI: 1.34\u201323.16) and use of oral contraceptives (prevalence ratio=2.33, 95% CI: 1.05\u20135.15). This was the first national Mozambican survey on cervical cancer screening uptake ever carried out and it showed a very low prevalence of screening, even in the more urban and affluent areas. 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