GROUP WORK

Algeria

Morroco

Tunisia

Working Meeting on Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control in UNFPA

EECARO and ASRO countries

Antalya, Turkey

May 18-20

Success stories

Advocacy :Target groups: policymakers

•Leadership : First ladies - NGOs: Lella Selma – ALCC -

scientific societies and health professional group

•Vaccination: negociation of vaccine price among

pharmaceutic firmes - Alliance EMRA

•Screening and treatment: cx ca is considered as part

of RH program with the opportunity to evaluate and

improve existing programs

CHALLENGES OPPORTUNITIES

ADVOCACY

i)Target groups:

Scientific community

policymakers

•Scientific community and

health professional

resistance to change from

pap smear vs VIA

•Limited financial

resources given the new

context and priorities in

the region

•How to convince

decision makers that cx

ca is public health

problem

Leadership : first ladies-

NGOs: Lella Selma –

ALCC

scientific societies and

professional group

ICPD recommendations

Adoption

UN agencies support

Partnership: FIGO

Group work by teams of countriesSession I: Success stories and challenges

CHALLENGES OPPORTUNITIES

VACCINATION

•How to reach

target population

•Limited of financial

ressources

Alliance: EMRA –

UNICEF

Vaccination School

based programs

CHALLENGES OPPORTUNITIES

SCREENING AND

TREATMENT

•Implementation of long term

and sustainable programs and

scale up of pilot programs

•Accessibility of services

•Organization of health system

taking into account screening -

diagnostic – ttt

•Adaptation of guidelines

•Development of Monitoring

system (cancer register, health

information system…)

•Participatory approach (civil

society)

•Integration of cx ca into the

RH/PHC program

•Coordination

On going Programs

Existing of guidelines