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Symposium on “Cervical Cancer Control in India”, Kolkata The Symposium was organized to review the strategies for Cervical cancer control in India. It was attended by nearly 200 scientists, oncologists, health providers and representatives of industries to discuss cervical cancer…
Seminar on Tobacco Control, Kolkata CFI conducts tobacco control seminar with West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Tobacco control is a critical issue in India, where one in four adults uses tobacco. The Central for Health and Family Welfare (CFI) recently conducted…
Prevalence of Pre-Malignant Lesions and Presence of High-grade HPV Infection among Women living in Low and High Arsenic areas in West Bengal – Nadia & South 24 Parganas Chronic arsenic exposure is a well-established risk factor for cancers of various…
A Systematic Study on Educating Young Urban Women on the Benefits of Breast-Self Examination in Kolkata, India The project was aimed at urban young women (18-25 yrs) from higher socio-economic group in the metropolis Kolkata since They are most likely…
Distribution of HPV Genotypes in Cervical Cancers in India and correlation with the PreTect HPV Proofer E6/E7 mRNA Test – Bengaluru, Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata, Nagpur HPV E6/E7 Oncogene mRNA testing can more accurately detect women with persistent transforming HPV infection,…
Development of a Health Communication Strategy for optimizing Cervical Cancer Screening Programme among Rural Women, Nadia & South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal The sensitization of the target women population to cancer awareness using new modules of IEC followed by…
Tobacco Prevalence in Adolescent Urban and Rural School-going Students in West Bengal – Diamond Harbour & Kolkata District A widespread usage of tobacco in a variety of forms in India has become one of the major public health issues. Tobacco…
Role of Curcumin in Protecting DNA Damage in Lymphocytes from human population chronically exposed to Arsenic in Nadia District, West Bengal Arsenic contamination in ground water has become a massive health hazards in 8 districts of West Bengal state. Besides…
Molecular Epidemiology of HPV Types prevalent in India and Identification of HPV-16 L1 & E6 Variants – Guwahati and Kolkata This multicenter project aims to study the HPV classes and their L1 and E6 variants in histopathologically confirmed cervical cancer…
Prefield Testing of the WHO Manual ‘Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Control – A Guide for Essential Practices’ – Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata CFI had the honour of being chosen as country coordinating agency for India to conduct the pre-field test of the Comprehensive Cervical…