Awareness is where prevention begins. CAPED conducts targeted, community-based campaigns to break stigma, increase understanding, and build trust around cervical cancer and HPV vaccination.
700 awareness campaigns, workshops, and events conducted across online and offline platforms (as of June 30, 2025).
We work with schools, colleges, RWAs, frontline workers, and digital channels to deliver age-appropriate, culturally relevant messaging.
What We Do
We convert awareness into action through access to free, high-quality screening services in underserved areas.
64,500+ women screened across 1,012 villages in 9 states: Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.
Our camps focus on cervical, breast, and oral cancer, with strong linkage to public health infrastructure.
All screening is supported by community mobilisation, on-site counselling, and systematic follow-up.
In line with India’s national HPV vaccine rollout, CAPED has initiated school-based vaccination programs to build trust and uptake among adolescents and caregivers.
One such example is our HPV Awareness & Vaccination Program for Girls (2024–2025) in Delhi:
– Facilitated vaccination for 250+ girls in government and low-income schools
– Educated and engaged over 1,000 students, parents, and teachers on the importance of prevention Partnered with ACES, AVAD India, and Karkinos to implement this initiative smoothly and safely
Detection is only the first step. CAPED’s Patient Navigation program ensures that women who screen positive are not lost to follow-up.
– 6,300+ abnormal cases detected, with 1,504 screen-positive women supported for further diagnosis and treatment.
– Our trained navigators accompany patients to hospitals, coordinate referrals, and help reduce dropouts through continued counselling and trust-building.
CAPED’s field learnings actively inform policy and systems-level reform:
– Developed a whitepaper on GST exemption for life-saving drugs with IIM Indore, and engaged with Parliamentarians to advocate for the same.
– Strategic collaborations with WHO, IPVS, GIAHC, CCAE, ACS, and others to push for cervical cancer elimination at a global level.
– Core member of the Cervical Cancer Elimination Consortium India (CCEC-I) and co-chair in the Beat Cervical Cancer (BCC) Network with key medical bodies like AOGIN and FOGSI.
– Presented at leading global platforms, including the UICC World Cancer Congress, National Cancer Institute Symposium, and the US-India Cancer Moonshot Dialogue.
