MEDIA ADVISORY: Opening press conference for the inaugural Global Cervical Cancer Elimination Forum, Tuesday, 5 March at 16.00 EST (21.00 GMT, 22.00 CET), Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

AVISO DE LOS MEDIOS: Foro mundial para la eliminacióndel cáncer cervicouterino: avanzando en el llamado a la acción ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

No images? Click here Monday, 4 March 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY/AVISO DE LOS MEDIOS Opening press conference for the inaugural Global Cervical Cancer Elimination Forum WHEN: Tuesday, 5 March at 16.00 EST (21.00 GMT/22.00 CET) WHAT: In-person press conference in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), opening the inaugural Global cervical cancer elimination forum: advancing the call to action. The Forum, taking place from 5 to 7 March 2024 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, aims to be a pivotal moment and a historic first step in securing government commitments to eliminate, for the first time ever, a full category of cancer on a global scale.  The Governments of Colombia and Spain have partnered with PAHO, WHO, UNICEF, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Unitaid, Global Financing Facility, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, USAID and the World Bank to co-host this milestone forum.  See the agenda. WHERE: Training Center of the Spanish Cooperation, Cl. 36 #2-74, El Centro, Cartagena de Indias, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia.  To attend in person, please register here to request media credentials. You can also watch the live stream of the opening press conference. If you wish to ask a question, please submit it ahead of the press conference to mediainquiries@who.int with a copy to smailbegovica@who.int SPEAKERS: Dr Gina Tambini, Representative for PAHO/ WHO in Colombia will moderate the press conference Hon Mr Gullermo Alfonso Jaramillo, Minister of Health of Colombia Hon Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, Minister of Health of Malawi Mr Antón Leis García, Director of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) Dr Bente Mikkelsen, Director, Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization   Ms Aurelia Nguyen, Chief Progamme Officer at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Ms Theo Sowa, women’s and children's rights advocate and Executive Director, Graça Machel Trust ********* WHY: A woman dies every two minutes of cervical cancer, an entirely preventable disease. The knowledge, tools, and opportunities exist to prevent and eliminate this form of cancer, the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide, and save millions of lives. WHO’s Global Strategy for Cervical Cancer Elimination, launched on 17 November 2020, lays out a clear path to eliminating the disease through vaccination, screening and treatment.  However, access to vaccines, screening and treatment continue to be scarce in the places that need them most.  Annual deaths from cervical cancer will likely reach 410,000 by 2030 if we do not change course. The participants in the Forum ( governments, donors, civil society, and others) will announce new and ambitious commitments — financial, policy, and programmatic — to advance the cervical cancer elimination agenda and accelerate the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 3 (health and well-being for all). Further information in this media advisory. ********* AVISO DE LOS MEDIOS: https://www.who.int/es/initiatives/cervical-cancer-elimination-initiative/cervical-cancer-forum ********* Further information: Global cervical cancer elimination forum: advancing the call to action (event) Global cervical cancer elimination forum: advancing the call to action (initiative) Foro mundial para la eliminación del cáncer cervicouterino: avanzar en el llamamiento a la acción Cervical cancer: health topic and fact sheet Cervical cancer elimination initiative OpEd by PAHO&AFRO Regional directors: Spanish and English ********* Media contacts: Government of Colombia, Ana María Montoya Zorro, +57 316 309 60 98 (Phone/WhatsApp), anamaria.montoya@cancilleria.gov.co Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gema Castillo Sahuquillo, +34 663 947 141 (Phone/WhatsApp), gema.castillo@maec.es Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID), Enric-Sol Brines i Gómez, (+34) 91 583 85 56 | (+34) 600 547 700 (Phone/WhatsApp), enric-sol.brines@aecid.es Pan American Health Organization, Luciana Viegas (+ 1 202 981-8455), Sebastián Oliel (+ 1 202 316-5679), Ashley Baldwin (+ 1 202 340-4025), Greace Vanegas (Colombia  specific) (+57 315 225 33 58), mediateam@paho.org World Health Organization, Amna Smailbegovic, +41 76 233 98 15 (Phone/WhatsApp/Signal), mediainquiries@who.int UNICEF, Sara AlHattab, +1 917 957 6536 (Phone/WhatsApp), salhattab@unicef.org Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Media Team, +1 206 709 3400, media@gatesfoundation.org Unitaid, Herve Verhoosel, +33 62 259 73 54 (Phone/WhatsApp), verhooselh@unitaid.who.int Global Financing Facility, Sheryl Silverman, +1 410 868 4664 (Phone/WhatsApp), ssilverman@worldbankgroup.org Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Cirũ Kariũki, +41 79 913 94 41 (Phone/WhatsApp), ckariuki@gavi.org, media@gavi.org United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Press Relations, press@usaid.gov World Bank Group, Alexandra Humme, ahumme@worldbank.org      For questions about on-site registration for media: Sofia Kalormakis, + 507 667-60870, sofia@mozaicworld.com WHO media contact: mediainquiries@who.int   You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. 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