Poonam Pandey dies of cervical cancer at 32: Why every young girl must take the HPV vaccine


 Poonam Pandey dies of cervical cancer at 32: Why every young girl must take the HPV vaccine

If you are immunised before puberty, cervical cancer is preventable and curable


As model and actress Poonam Pandey passed away after a battle with cervical cancer at 32, according to her manager, it raises concerns about the lack of awareness around cervical cancer, the need for prevention and the stigma around it. And yet there’s a vaccine which, when taken by girls before puberty, can stop its incidence in the first place.

Pandey’s manager said that the actor was diagnosed in the last stage of the dreaded disease sometime ago. Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in India. As per a WHO report released on February 1, new cases of cervical cancer among Indian women is 17.7 per cent.


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