By Abdulfatah Babatunde
Continuing its advocacy for cancer-related treatment in Nigeria’s health sector, the Khayr Cancer Health Initiative (KCHI) has again scheduled a webinar for Saturday.
TheNewsZenith reports that the theme of the Webinar on Zoom is “One Dose At A Time: Advances In Cervical Cancer Research and Development”.
According to a statement from KCHI, experts in the health sector will discuss research and development strategies to reduce the burden of Human papillomavirus (HPV-related) cancer.
TheNewsZenith reports that Dr Ishak Lawal, Executive Director of End Cervical Cancer Nigeria Initiative (ECCNI) will be the Special Guest of Honour at the webinar.
Similarly, Prof. Nusrah Afolabi-Balogun, Principal Investigator/African Partner, Cambridge-Africa Alborada, UKRI Initiative Project is the Guest Speaker.
Dr Ifeyinwa Maureen Okeke, MWAN National Outreach Committee Chairperson will serve as the Facilitator. Hassan Madinat, Executive Director, KCHI will be the Host.
They will also discuss advanced plans to eliminate this cancer by 2030.
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“Nigeria introduced the single-dose HPV vaccine into its routine immunisation programme in October 2023.
“This marked a historic milestone in the fight against HPV-related cancers, including cervical cancer.
“Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of death for Nigerian women.
“Join us as we collaborate to discuss research and development strategies.
“This is to reduce the burden and advance plans towards 2030 elimination,” KCHI stated.
KCHI urged stakeholders to register in advance for this meeting via
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpd-uoqz8oH9GFAIDOB__PKxzkgmQ-pCRB
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