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

doi:10.1016/j.gore.2023.101247

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

Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2023 Jul 21:48:101247. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2023.101247. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Authors

Aruni Ghose^{1

2

3

4}, Anisha Agarwal⁵, Bhawna Sirohi^{1

6}, Shona Nag⁷, Linus Chuang^{8

9}, Swarupa Mitra¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ United Kingdom Global Cancer Network, Manchester, UK.
² Department of Medical Oncology, Barts Cancer Centre, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts, Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Medical Oncology, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Kent, UK.
⁴ Department of Medical Oncology, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, East and North, Hertfordshire NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁵ Haematology Oncology Clinic Vedanta, Gujarat, India.
⁶ Department of Medical Oncology, BALCO Medical Centre, Vedanta Medical Research, Foundation, Chhattisgarh, India.
⁷ Department of Oncology, Sahyadri Group of Hospitals, Maharashtra, India.
⁸ Division of Gynaecologic Oncology, Nuvance Health, Danbury, CT, USA.
⁹ Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Radiation Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: COVID; Cancer; Cervical; HPV; Vaccination.