Former AIIMS professor Dr Neerja Bhatla
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Former AIIMS professor Dr. Neerja Bhatla, who is working on an indigenous vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer, has been honored with the Padmashree Award. After retiring as Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at AIIMS, she continued to lead several research projects on cervical cancer prevention in India, including screening in low-resource settings, HPV epidemiology, affordable HPV testing and vaccines. But tests are included. Under her leadership as President of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), the FIGO Gynecological Cancer Management App was developed.