Webinar: Leveraging advocacy opportunities for Cervical Cancer at the UN High Level Meeting on NCDs
June 2, 2011Download a recording and the slides from this webinar.
This Webinar Panel will discuss what is needed to strengthen advocacy efforts for cervical cancer, in relation to the UN High Level Meeting (HLM) in September 2011. It offers a follow-up to a series of regional and global planning meetings on cervical cancer that have taken place over the last year.
Session Agenda:
Moderator: Alessandra Durstine, VP of Regional Programs, American Cancer Society
Presenters: S. Wittet, CCA - Speaking on progress in cervical cancer prevention: findings of the CCA Report Card
Dr. Nuriye Ortalyi, UNFPA - Discussing the global burden of cervical cancer, and how we can use this opportunity to strengthen health services for adolescents and older women
UICC (speaker to be determined) - Talking about the role of civil society in moving the agenda forward, specifically in relation to the opportunities presented by the HLM on NCDs
Dr. Karen Sealey, PAHO - Discussing the UN High Level Meeting and other opportunities for increasing resources for cervical cancer and other NCDs + a call to action