Invitation to Webinar: Championing for Change – Leveraging Advocacy to Advance the HPV Agenda

Date & Time:
📅 Thursday, November 14, 2024
⏰ 15:00 Nairobi time / 07:00 DC time
📍 Virtual (Portuguese and French interpretation available)

Webinar Registration Link: Join the Webinar 

Background

Advocacy has been essential in advancing the fight against cervical cancer, helping to promote prevention, early detection, and treatment through HPV vaccination and awareness. This webinar will highlight successful advocacy efforts to increase HPV awareness and vaccination uptake, featuring insights from Girl Effect and local champions across Africa.

Key Speakers

• Stecy Bosse – Youth Advocate for HPV, Kenya
  Known for her initiatives like the “STECY BOSSE 10KM HPV RUN” and the “FATHER-DAUGHTER CERVICAL CANCER CHARITY DANCE” to promote HPV awareness.
• Rita Mbeba – Country Director, Girl Effect Tanzania
  A public health expert with 17+ years of experience, addressing adolescent health and social behavior change.
• Blain Berhane – Senior Program Manager, Girl Effect Ethiopia
  Leads advocacy for HPV vaccine demand among adolescents, with a strong background in youth health initiatives.

Moderator:

• Dr. Jones Kaponda Masiye – Manager for Non-Communicable Diseases, Food Security, and Nutrition, ECSA-HC
  Expert in NCDs and public health management in the East, Central, and Southern Africa region.

Register Now! Join us for an insightful session on driving HPV awareness and vaccination efforts across Africa.