In the global health landscape, cervical cancer emerges as the fourth most common cancer; it is common in low and middle-income countries like South Africa, China, India, and Brazil. In India, it is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality accounting for 17 % of deaths in women between 30 – 69 years of age. 5% of all cervical cancers are attributable to HIV.
Despite a decreasing trend globally, cervical cancer continues to pose a major health challenge in regions such as South Asia and beyond. The disparity in incidence and mortality rates between resource-limited and high-resource countries is stark, with 84% of new cases and 90 % of deaths occurring in low and middle-income countries.
