Abstract
Author's Response: HPV vaccination in India
Highlights
In Mattheij et al.[1], the authors claim that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is not warranted in India due to supposedly low rates of cervical cancer and poor data
To understand disease burden PATH relied upon the WHO’s GLOBOCAN database[3], which estimates that India has the highest absolute number of cervical cancer cases in the world
It is important to point out that contrary to Babu’s claims our study was not designed to look at causality, rather it took a critical look at the comprehensiveness, quality and coverage of cervical cancer data collected by Indian registries supplementing it with a lit search of epidemiological studies of cancer incidence and human papillomavirus (HPV) type prevalence
Summary
In Mattheij et al.[1], the authors claim that HPV vaccine is not warranted in India due to supposedly low rates of cervical cancer and poor data. To understand disease burden PATH relied upon the WHO’s GLOBOCAN database[3], which estimates that India has the highest absolute number of cervical cancer cases in the world.
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