Quad Cancer Moonshot Initiative:
The Quad grouping took a groundbreaking cancer initiative called the Quad Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
- Quad Cancer Moonshot Initiative was launched by the QUAD countries (India, United States, Australia and Japan).
- It is aimed at implementing innovative strategies to prevent, detect, treat and alleviate the impact of cancer on patients and their families.
- It will focus on expanding cervical cancer screening; increasing vaccinations against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, a common sexually transmitted infection that is the primary cause of cervical cancer; and treating patients.
- India will, additionally, offer technical assistance to interested countries in the Indo-Pacific region on DPI for cancer screening, care and continuum through its US $10 million contribution to WHO’s-Global Initiative on Digital Health.
- India commits to providing HPV sampling kits, detection tools and cervical cancer vaccines worth $7.5 million to the Indo-Pacific region.
- India is working on an AI based treatment protocol for the disease.
- India will provide support for radiotherapy treatment and capacity building for cancer prevention in the Indo-Pacific.
- This significant contribution aims to strengthen local efforts to prevent and detect cervical cancer and empower communities with affordable, accessible tools for early detection and prevention, while supporting vaccination programs to reduce the disease burden across the region.
