Prevalence of Cervical cancer in India DATA RELEASED BY WHO THAT 62% OF WOMEN TODAY HAVE CERVICAL PROBLEM BECAUSE OF POOR QUALITY OF SANITARY NAPKIN. Cervical cancer kills around 72,000 women in India every year, more than 26% of the 275,000 deaths worldwide, says the report by the Cervical Cancer Free Coalition (May 2013) Cervical cancer is common among women worldwide. It kills more women in India than anywhere else in the world. India women die from cervical cancer than women of any other country, according to a new report that warns deaths from this preventable disease will rise unless attitudes to women change. Relation between poor menstrual practices and cervical cancer Hygiene-related practices of women during menstruation are considered important because it can increase vulnerability to Reproductive Tract Infections (RTIs). Most of the adolescent girls in villages use rags and old clothes during menstruation, increasing susceptibility to RTIs. Poor menstrual hygiene is one of the major reasons for the high prevalence of RTIs in the country and contributes significantly to female morbidity. Poor menstrual hygiene in developing countries has been an insufficiently acknowledged problem. In June 2010, The Indian Government proposed a new scheme towards menstrual hygiene – provision of subsidized sanitary napkin to rural adolescent girls. But there are various other issues like -
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