India is ground zero in battling a cancer that kills a woman every 7 minutes
- Advait Palepu
- Bloomberg Jun 22, 2024, 16:19 IST IST
India accounts for the largest share of cervical cancer deaths, partly because too few girls/women are screened. An affordable HPV vaccine, manufactured by Serum Institute, can be the answer to curb this disease
In Kanarsi, a village on New Delhi’s rural fringe, physicians at a pop-up cancer screening clinic on a sweltering day in June are trying to persuade women to go for cervical inspections.
Only 15% agree, the rest were too shy or hesitant despite the free screening and treatment. This reflects a chasm that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must bridge to keep his pledge of curbing cervical cancer that kills a woman in the country every seven minutes.
Only 15% agree, the rest were too shy or hesitant despite the free screening and treatment. This reflects a chasm that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must bridge to keep his pledge of curbing cervical cancer that kills a woman in the country every seven minutes.
