NEW DELHI: An Indian model sparked an online backlash on Saturday after revealing she had faked her death in an Instagram post as part of a cervical cancer awareness campaign. ‘STUNT’ WOMAN Model Poonam Pandey poses for a candid photo shoot in the city of Mumbai, western India on June 1, 2012. The 32-year-old conceded to her 1.3 million followers in another video posted on Instagram that her death had been a hoax. But suddenly we all are talking about cervical cancer, aren't we?" Health campaigners have urged the government to roll out a national human papillomavirus vaccination campaign for young girls, which in other countries has drastically cut the incidence of cervical cancer.

Source: Manila Times February 03, 2024 16:24 UTC