Women’s Cancer Prevention and Control in the Americas
IMA World Health, Pan American Health Organization
We invite you to join us in our webinar/seminar on women’s cancers, in commemoration of World Cancer Day.
The seminar will be transmitted in English, Spanish and Portuguese and please use the relevant link to connect to the webinar. If you are in the DC area, we invite you to join us in person for this seminar, at the PAHO office located at 525 23rd St NW, Washington, DC.
English: https://goo.gl/akBXbT
Español: https://goo.gl/bKNFdL
Portugués: https://goo.gl/ArDsgW
Schedule of Events
10:00-10:05am: Opening remarks
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director, PAHO
10:05-10:30am: Women and Cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and opportunities for health systems
Dr. Julio Frenk, President, University of Miami
10:30-10:50am : Systemic and Civil Society Innovations to Reduce Gaps in Access to Services and Reduce the Burden of Women’s Cancers
Dr. Felicia Knaul, Director, University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas and President, ULACCAM/Tómatelo a Pecho
10:50-11:10am: Innovative Strategies for Cervical Cancer Prevention: the case of Peru
Prof. Patricia Garcia, Dean of the School of Public Health, Cayetano Heredia University, Peru
11:10-11:20am: Reflections and commentary
Dr. Luis Santini, Executive Committee Coordinator of the “Cervical Cancer Free Region” Plan of the Latin American Network of National Cancer Institutes
11:20-11:55am: Discussion with participants
11:55-12:00pm: Concluding remarks
Silvana Luciani, PAHO