India
ACPCC is leading a project to implement self-collected HPV-based cervical cancer screening in vulnerable populations in urban and rural India.
Funding in Action
Funded through the GACD and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), ACPCC was awarded a $1.3 million grant for a three-year research project implementing cervical cancer screening in hard-to-reach and vulnerable Indian communities.
Professor Marion Saville is leading the implementation research project with partners in two states of India, Tamil Nadu in Southern India and Mizoram in North-eastern India, along with experts on cancer and disease prevention from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and RTI International.
In establishing the SUCCESS ECHO, we invited and expanded upon the existing community of practice established by the US National Cancer Institute in its 2017-18 APEC cervical cancer prevention ECHO.
Australia assembles global preventative cancer leaders to improve cervical screening in India
On 22nd June 2021, VCS Foundation, an NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence in Cervical Cancer Control (C4) partner, announced it will receive $1.33 million in funding through the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) for research to implement cervical cancer screening in hard-to-reach and vulnerable Indian communities.
