Poonam Pandey
Poonam Pandey dies of cervical cancer: All about the disease and Indian government's recent big announcement to fight it
Model-actress Poonam Pandey, who grabbed headlines in 2011 after she said she would strip if the Indian team won the World Cup final, died after battling cervical cancer, her social media team confirmed on Friday.
UPDATE: Poonam Pandey is alive, model-actress says faked death to create 'Cervical Cancer' awareness
She was 32.
Born in Kanpur in 1991, Pandey was known for her controversial social media posts.
In 2012, she posed nude after Kolkata Knight Riders won the Indian Premier League.
She even launched a mobile app in 2017 which featured explicit content. However, Google Playstore removed it for violating content guidelines.
She made her Bollywood debut with a movie named Nasha in 2013.
Her team posted a message on Instagram on Friday morning to confirm her death due to cervical cancer.
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"This morning is a tough one for us. Deeply saddened to inform you that we have lost our beloved Poonam to Cervical Cancer," the post said.
"In this time of grief, we would request for privacy while we remember her fondly for all that we shared," read post said.
What is Cervical Cancer?
Cervical cancer develops in a woman's cervix (the entrance to the uterus from the vagina), as per WHO website.
Almost all cervical cancer cases (99%) are linked to infection with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV), an extremely common virus transmitted through sexual contact, the website said.
Although most infections with HPV resolve spontaneously and cause no symptoms, persistent infection can cause cervical cancer in women.
WHO said cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women.
In 2018, an estimated 570000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer across the world and about 311000 women died from the disease, the world health body said.
Indian government's stand on cervical cancer and big new announcement in interim budget
Aiming for Viksit Bharat by 2047 and with a sharp focus and providing momentum to Nari Shakti, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman today proposed vaccination to prevent Cervical Cancer and amalgamation of various schemes for maternal and child care, as she presented the Interim Budget 2024-25 in Parliament on Thursday.
Who is eligible?
The vaccination programme will be for girls in the age group of 9 to 14 years for the prevention of cervical cancer.
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