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Dear Indian Women, Did You know That There is a Vaccine for Cervical Cancer?
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While there is an outpour of COVID-19 vaccine-related news on social media, television, newspaper, and government information channels, little awareness has been spread around the vaccine for cervical cancer, which is the cause of second-highest cancer-related deaths among Indian women.
On world cancer day, here s all you need to know about cervical cancer, and how HPV vaccine, which is currently available in India, can help prevent it.
Cervical cancer is caused by a persistent infection by a sexually transmitted virus called papillomavirus (HPV) and is easily detected through a simple screening procedure called the pap smear test. However, health experts claim that most Indian women do not opt for such routine health check-ups since there is still a lot of stigma and shame associated with women s reproductive health. Hence, by the time they consult doctors, in most cases, cancer had alread