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The Cervical Cancer Screening Gap in India: Why Millions of Women Remain Unscreened

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Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers when identified early through screening. Yet despite advances in healthcare awareness and growing conversations around women's health, millions of women across India remain outside the screening system. The challenge is not simply a lack of information. The real issue is a series of gaps that prevent women from moving from awareness to action. Closing these gaps requires more than education campaigns. It requires accessible cervical cancer screening camps, community-based health camps, and structured health screening programmes that help women access preventive healthcare before symptoms appear. Through its Cervical Cancer Screening with Instant Triage Report Programme, Healium Camps is helping organizations address these challenges by bringing screening services directly to communities and workplaces.   Gap #1: Awareness Does Not Always Lead to Screening Over the past decade, awareness around cervical cancer has improved signi...