Translating the COVID-19 experience in widening the HPV vaccination campaign for cervical cancer in India

Aruni Ghose; Anisha Agarwal; Bhawna Sirohi; Shona Nag; Linus Chuang; Swarupa Mitra

Gynecologic Oncology Reports (Aug 2023)

Translating the COVID-19 experience in widening the HPV vaccination campaign for cervical cancer in India

Aruni Ghose,
Anisha Agarwal,
Bhawna Sirohi,
Shona Nag,
Linus Chuang,
Swarupa Mitra

Affiliations

Aruni Ghose: United Kingdom Global Cancer Network, Manchester, UK; Department of Medical Oncology, Barts Cancer Centre, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Barts, Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Department of Medical Oncology, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Kent, UK; Department of Medical Oncology, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, East and North, Hertfordshire NHS Trust, London, UK; Corresponding author at: Internal Medicine Trainee, Department of General Medicine, Newham University Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Department of Medical Oncology, Barts Cancer Centre, St. Bartholomew’s, Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Department of Medical Oncology, Medway NHS Foundation, Trust, Kent, UK; Department of Medical Oncology, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, London, UK; United Kingdom Global Cancer Network, Manchester, UK.
Anisha Agarwal: Haematology Oncology Clinic Vedanta, Gujarat, India
Bhawna Sirohi: United Kingdom Global Cancer Network, Manchester, UK; Department of Medical Oncology, BALCO Medical Centre, Vedanta Medical Research, Foundation, Chhattisgarh, India
Shona Nag: Department of Oncology, Sahyadri Group of Hospitals, Maharashtra, India
Linus Chuang: Division of Gynaecologic Oncology, Nuvance Health, Danbury, CT, USA; Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
Swarupa Mitra: Department of Radiation Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 48
p. 101247

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India has proven by the success of COVID vaccination that it has a huge production and distribution capacity, availability of professionally trained medical staff, world renowned digital infrastructure to enrol people, conduct camps and maintain records, and a positive mindset among the people towards vaccination. There is an unmet need to enforce that cervical cancer is a “preventable tragedy,” and vaccination is an invaluable way ahead. With this article, we hope to attract attention to translating India's successful COVID-19 vaccination campaign experience to developing the HPV vaccination campaign.

Published in Gynecologic Oncology Reports

ISSN: 2352-5789 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/gynecologic-oncology-reports/

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