FOCP intensifies efforts for cervical cancer elimination
27 Jan 2021 The theme of the forum convened by the FoCP and the United Nations Population Fund is ‘Accelerating Action on HPV and Cervical Cancer’.
Mariecar Jara-Puyod,
Senior Reporter
Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council of the UAE and Ruler of Sharjah, said the Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP) shall continue to advocate and support local to international agenda towards the elimination of cervical cancer.
Sheikha Jawaher, founder and patron of the Sharjah non-profit civic organisation, made the commitment on Wednesday and during her welcome address before a multi-sectoral international delegation virtually attending the two-day “Second Regional Cervical Cancer Forum.”
Dubai: More than 35 international health-care experts, policymakers and specialists from 11 countries across four continents will participate in a cervical cancer awareness programme organised by a Sharjah-based cancer group.
The virtual conference to be held on January 27-28 titled ‘Accelerating Action on HPV and Cervical Cancer’ is being organsied by the UAE-based civil society organisation Friends of Cancer Patients (FOCP), under the patronage of Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and Founder and Patron of FOCP.
Even though cervical cancer is a preventable disease, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) studies, without decisive action at both national and global levels, the annual number of new cases of cervical cancer is expected to increase to 700,000 by 2030, while the annual number of deaths is projected to rise to 400,000.
FoCP to host second edition of ‘Cervical Cancer Forum’
25 Jan 2021 The two-day virtual Forum will build on the success of the inaugural Cervical Cancer Forum held in Sharjah in 2019.
Mariecar Jara-Puyod,
Senior Reporter
Sharjah and specifically the Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP) hosts on Jan. 27 and 28 the second edition of the “Cervical Cancer Forum,” under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Member of the UAE Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah.
Over 35 health experts and specialists including policy makers from 11 countries around the world, would be discussing updates and promoting ways to continually raise awareness and move forward local to international efforts, to taper down global incidence of cancer of the cervix.
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