Tuesday, 18 July 2023 - 11:30 - Tuesday, 18 July 2023 - 13:00

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A future without cervical cancer: Engaging communities for HPV vaccination

The momentum of the cervical cancer elimination agenda, and the potential of recent paradigm shifts, such as WHO’s single-dose recommendation for the HPV vaccine, create an imperative for collective action and engagement across global health, women’s rights and the cancer community. This interactive session, co-hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, will engage panellists and the audience, to catalyse action, helping to ensure that all girls and women can benefit from these game-changing interventions.

Co-host organisations 

 

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

 

Preliminary Agenda

11:30
11:45

Welcome remarks and introductions by H.E Dr. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, UICC Board Member 

Welcome words from co-host organisations: Building bridges across communities to drive progress towards the cervical cancer elimination targets. 

  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – Rachel Toku-Appiah, Director, Policy, Advocacy and Communications for Africa
  • Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance – Aurélia Nguyen, Chief Programme Strategy Officer (video)

 

11:45
12:30

Panel
Each speaker highlights key opportunities for collaboration across global health, cancer and gender communities for leveraging recent commitments and key changes. 

Moderation: H.E. Dr. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, UICC Board member

  • Reaching the 90% targets: the Rwandan experience – François Uwinkindi, Manager of NCDs Division, Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Ministry of Health
  • The equity imperative: Opportunities for building bridges across gender and health communities in advocating for cervical cancer elimination: Cécile Thiombiano.  Advocacy Coordinator on SRHR for Africa, Médecins du Monde France
  • Innovative interventions to engage girls in leading change for HPV vaccination: Jessica Posner Odede. CEO, Girl Effect 
  • How the single dose is a paradigm shift for implementing HPV vaccination programmes, Lucy Kiarie, Regional Director Immunisation, Jhpiego
  • The importance of the lived experience: Cervical cancer and HIV survivor: Salomé Agallo, Kenya
  • Women’s engagement for the elimination objective: Representative of Women in Global Health, Rukaya Mumuni, Registered Nurse, Ghana

 

12:30
12:50

Open forum discussion: Engaging key communities for HPV vaccination

The audience will be able to engage directly through an interactive online tool to input on the suggested questions below: 

  • Are you engaging in cervical cancer elimination? What kind of activities?
  • Practically, how or in which area of your work do you see opportunities to work together and collaborate to increase uptake of the HPV vaccination? 
  • What action or support is needed to drive this collective action and increase access to and uptake of HPV vaccination? 

 

 

12:50
13:00

Conclusions and networking time

Take a photo with the Frame for the Global Declaration to Eliminate Cervical Cancer

 

 

Event Information

Organiser
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
Date and time
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Location

Kimihurura Roundabout
Kigali Convention Centre, Room MH 2.2
Kigali
Rwanda

Tags women's cancers

Last update

Sunday 16 July 2023

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