Cervical cancer burden in India: A descriptive epidemiological study and policy insights

India's burden remains high due to low screening coverage, reliance on subjective screening test, and limited HPV vaccination. While many countries like Australia and Bhutan have successfully reduced incidence and death through HPV-based screening and vaccination, India's slow progress underscores the urgent need for policy shifts towards HPV-DNA testing with self-sampling option and national HPV-vaccination programs implementation to curb cervical cancer burden effectively.