India, Jan. 24 -- Modern life revolves around tight calendars, multiple commitments at once and relentless multitasking. In this ecosystem,women tend to be the default 'chief everything officer' at home and on the job, and preventive health gradually takes a back seat to lower-priority issues. Cervical cancer is one cancer in which the delay can be expensive, since the early disease can be silent, and even if symptoms do develop, they are often justified as common 'women's issues'.

The scale is worldwide: cervical cancer was responsible for approximately 660,000 new cases and around 350,000 deaths in 2022, with about 94% of deaths. This mostly occurs in low- and middle-income countries and is attributable to inequalities in vaccination, ...