National Summit on Cervical Cancer was held in Bengaluru on Saturday which concluded with a call to action for a 'Cervical Cancer Mukt Bharat' (Free India of Cervical Cancer)."Karnataka government is working with concerted efforts to deliver .
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Even though cervical cancer is entirely preventable with the HPV vaccine and regular screening, it continues to kill more than 77,000 women in India every year.
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The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI), working towards women's health, has asked Government of India to include the HPV vaccine in the National Program to reduce the burden of cervical cancer, a disease rapidly overtaking maternal mortality as the major preventable cause of death and suffering among Indian women.