Dialogue at a breakfast meeting - Uganda Women’s Cancer Support Organization (UWOCASO), PATH Uganda and Save A Woman Initiative (SAWI)
In Uganda, World Cancer Day will be commemorated on Friday February 4th, 2011 in partnership with Ministry of Health (MoH), Uganda Women’s Cancer Support Organization (UWOCASO), PATH Uganda and Save A Woman Initiative (SAWI). It is an important day for us to share information about the burden, interventions and challenges of cancer prevention in Uganda. Many people are suffering without the necessary information about cancer. There is a strong urgency to discuss “The bottlenecks in cancer prevention in the country and the way forward”
Commemorating this day will help us to forge an alliance for cancer prevention, better health seeking behavior in the general population, help our leaders and policy makers to understand the magnitude of cancer in the country and mobilize resources to prevent it. It will also help civil society to advocate for an enabling environment for cancer prevention and control.
ACTIVITY: World Cancer Day Breakfast Dialogue
TOPIC FOR KEY NOTE ADDRESS: “Bottlenecks in Cancer Prevention in Uganda and Way forward”
KEY NOTE SPEAKER: Country Representative of WHO – Uganda Country Office
OTHER PANEL DISCUSSANTS: Stakeholders from MoH, Mulago Hospital, Uganda Cancer Institute, Civil Society and Parliamentarian
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the World Cancer Day Breakfast dialogue are:
• Create awareness about cancer
• Mobilize allies for cancer prevention and management
• Position cancer as a problem in Uganda
• Promote early health seeking behavior for cancer prevention in Uganda
Read the outcomes of this great event in the report attached below.