Introduction: In India Cervical cancer is second most common cancer in woman. Every year around 1.23 lakh new cases are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 67,500 of these woman die in India. There are various screening various screening techniques such as visual inspection with acetic acid, visual inspection with Lugol’s iodine, visual inspection with magnification devices-Magna visualizer, Pap smear and HPV-DNA testing have been suggested and tried under low-resource settings of our country, and cervical cytology screening has been found effective in reducing incidence of the disease. Material and Methods: It is prospective observational study. This study was be conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in medical college and tertiary health centre comprising of woman who are sexually active during 2020 -2022 with sample size of 236. Results: Out of 236 cases, 39.80% were positive and 60.20% were negative according to visual inspection of cervix with acetic acid. According to cytology (Pap smear) reports, 56.8% were normal, 41.6% were inflammatory, 1.2% was having LSIL/ atypical and 0.4% was having HSIL. VIA has, the sensitivity of about 43.58% and specificity of about 41.70%. Pap smear has the sensitivity of about 43.58% and specificity of about 41.70%. Conclusion: Visual inspection with acetic acid is simple and easy. It is effective and can be used as an alternate strategy in low resource settings where screening for cancer cervix by Pap smear is not always possible due to inadequate cytologists.

Introduction: In India Cervical cancer is second most common cancer in woman. Every year around 1.23 lakh new cases are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 67,500 of these woman die in India. There are various screening various screening techniques such as visual inspection with acetic acid, visual inspection with Lugol’s iodine, visual inspection with magnification devices-Magna visualizer, Pap smear and HPV-DNA testing have been suggested and tried under low-resource settings of our country, and cervical cytology screening has been found effective in reducing incidence of the disease. Material and Methods: It is prospective observational study. This study was be conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in medical college and tertiary health centre comprising of woman who are sexually active during 2020 -2022 with sample size of 236. Results: Out of 236 cases, 39.80% were positive and 60.20% were negative according to visual inspection of cervix with acetic acid. According to cytology (Pap smear) reports, 56.8% were normal, 41.6% were inflammatory, 1.2% was having LSIL/ atypical and 0.4% was having HSIL. VIA has, the sensitivity of about 43.58% and specificity of about 41.70%. Pap smear has the sensitivity of about 43.58% and specificity of about 41.70%. Conclusion: Visual inspection with acetic acid is simple and easy. It is effective and can be used as an alternate strategy in low resource settings where screening for cancer cervix by Pap smear is not always possible due to inadequate cytologists.