1. GROUP WORK
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Facilitator: Rita Columbia
Working Meeting on Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control in UNFPA
EECARO and ASRO countries
Antalya, Turkey
May 18-20

2. Group work by teams of countries
Session I: Success stories and challenges
1) ADVOCACY
i)Target groups:
Politicians, decision makers, health providers,
communities, women, religious leaders
ii) Key messages for each target group:
Evidence based, clear, short, informative messages
based on cultural peculiarities
iii) How can messages be delivered:
All existing communication channels

3. ADVOCACY
How can we mobilize communities
Challenges Opportunities
• Limited financial resources • Evidence based
for advocacy information
• Low awareness of • Health promotion centers
population about CxCa
• Local NGOs
• Gender issues
• International organizations
• Hard to reach population
• Professional associations

4. VACCINES
•
CHALLENGES
Resistance from parents
OPPORTUNITIES
due to safety concerns
• Low level of knowledge • Existing immunization
and skills of health programs
providers
• Support of decision
• Experience and results of
pilot projects
makers
• Sustainability – donor
• GAVI eligibility?
driven

5. SCREENING & TREATMENT
CHALLENGES OPPORTUNITIES
• Some countries don’t have CxCa
control & prevention programs
• Existing health infrastructure
• Most countries don’t have (Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan)
population based Cxca registry
• Donor support (scaling up pilot
• There’s no unified approach to projects)
CxCa prevention & control
• National programs on CxCa control
• Lack of recourses (human and & prevention (Kazakhstan,
financial) Turkmenistan, Tajikistan)
• Poor infrastructure • Population based cancer registries
• CxCa prevention measures are not
integrated in to PHC