In this case series, Burdier and colleagues describe the contrasting progress of cervical cancer screening programmes in Bhutan, India, and Türkiye, drawing on presentations from the CHIC South Asia Symposium (New Delhi, 2022). India, despite national VIA-based guidelines since 2016, reports only 1.9% ever-screened coverage among women aged 30–49, constrained by infrastructure gaps and absent […]
Country: Bhutan
Cervical cancer screening in Bhutan
Bhutan’s cervical cancer screening program began with nationwide Pap smear testing in 2006, followed by an HPV vaccination program in 2010 achieving 97% coverage among adolescent girls. Despite this, cervical cancer remains the most common cancer among Bhutanese women, with significant mortality in older age groups. To enhance detection, HPV-DNA testing was introduced in 2020, […]