All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS New Delhi is developing an Artificial Intelligence enabled device named Colposcope for the screening of cervical cancer in women.
Key points
- The images captured by the device will help detect the cancer of cervix.
- This device can be carried out by Healthcare workers in the field for the diagnosis of this disease.
- Cervical cancer occurs due to Human Papiloma Virus, HPV infection.
- Every year, an estimated one lakh 20 thousand women develop cervical cancer and over 77 thousand women die due to this disease in India.
- This cancer can be prevented by administering HPV vaccine.
- India has recently developed Made in India HPV vaccine- CERVAVAC.
