Dr Neerja Bhatla, Former head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the AIIMS Delhi, was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri for her contribution in detecting, preventing, and managing cervical cancer.
Bhatla played a key role in creating resource-based guidelines for cervical cancer screening, management, and HPV vaccination.
She has worked for the prevention and elimination of cervical cancer for the last 35 years in low-resource settings.
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