Long wait for India's first indigenous HPV vaccine for cervical cancer to end next year?

Falling cervical cancer cases

However, 4.1 million women in India have died from the disease since 2019

Hurdles to immunisation so far

Poor awareness of cervical cancer, low screening uptake, insufficient availability of and access to vaccines

What does the future look like?

Without any intervention, WHO estimates that 5.7 million women will die by 2070