Leadership roundtable event on women’s health: addressing women’s cancers in the Eastern …
18 January 2024 – Cairo, Egypt – The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population, in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean successfully organized a landmark event as part of the Presidential Initiative on Women’s Health. Held on 18 January 2024 at the Hilton Heliopolis Hotel in Cairo, this roundtable event coincided with the 16th Annual Breast, Gynecological and Immunoncology International Cancer Conference forum and addressed the escalating challenges of breast and cervical cancer in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Organized under the auspices of His Excellency Professor Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population, and led by Professor Hesham Elghazali, Head of the Presidential Initiative of Women’s Health, the event facilitated international collaboration, assessed cost-effectiveness of interventions and promoted cross-learning in alignment with WHO’s mission. It brought together high-level health and political authorities from the Region to discuss and devise strategies for scaling up women’s health initiatives, focusing on the return from investing in breast and cervical cancer prevention and management programmes.
[The Presidential Initiative on Women’s Health stands as a beacon of hope and progress, enveloping our nation in a comprehensive strategy to enhance early detection and management of women’s cancers. Today, as we convene on this momentous occasion, we recognize the significance of international collaboration in achieving this noble objective.
As we stand on the precipice of progress, let us recognize the transformative power of partnerships. The Egyptian Presidential Initiative on Women’s Health seeks not only to provide a platform for experience sharing but also to become