SIOP AFRICA 2022 Program Overview
16th - 18th March 2022
Arrival and registration of delegates
Dr Joyce Balagadde Kambugu
Opening Remarks
Conference Chair and Scientific Chairperson
- Dr Joyce Balagadde Kambugu- Head of Pediatric Oncology at Uganda Cancer Institute & SIOP Africa President
- Dr Atwiine Barnabas – Head Haemato-Oncology at Mbarara University of Science and Technology / Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
Plenary Session
Meet the expert -WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC)
- An overview of the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer
Dr. Andre Ilbawi, Head, World Health Organization (WHO) Global Childhood Cancer Initiative - Leveraging high level support for the process – AU, Ministries of Health
Her Excellency Dr Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu, Paediatrician, Founder Medicaid Cancer Foundation & Kebbi state First Lady. - Implementation in Ghana -Process and progress –Challenges -Recommendations
Prof. Lorna Renner, Lecturer - University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry and Head of the Paediatric Oncology Unit at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital – Accra, Ghana - Implementation of the GICC in Morocco -Process and progress – Challenges -Recommendations
Prof. Laila Hessissen, Professor of Pediatrics in the Medical School of Rabat, Morocco - Implementation of GICC in Zambia -Nurses’ perspective
Ms. Biemba Maliti, Chief Nursing Officer Cancer Diseases Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia & President Zambia Oncology Nurses Society. - SIOP Advocacy and GICC – how they work together
Prof Alan Davidson, Head – SIOP Advocacy Chair
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
PATIENT PAVILION
Conference Opening Ceremony
Lunch Break
Presentation of Abstracts
Coffee Break
Plenary Session
“Not without us” - Advocacy for Access by patients/survivors/parents - Focus on Uganda
- Cancer Advocacy efforts by children: Short Skit
3C club (Children Caring about Cancer) - Uganda Childhood Cancer Foundation - The role of patients in advocacy
- Empowering and working with patients in advocacy for improved access to care. Key lessons learnt.
- Role of the patients and survivors in developing the National Cancer Control Plan of Uganda
- Impact of patients and survivor’s advocacy on service delivery. A case study of radiotherapy services in Uganda
- The patient’s role in health policy formulation.
Gala Dinner
Plenary Session
Meet the Expert - Targeted Therapy
- Role of targeted therapy in Africa
- Case series - Targeted therapy in South Africa
- What is Pharma doing to bring targeted therapies to Africa?
- CAR T cells Therapy in Africa – Current Status
- Is Africa ready for CAR T cell therapy?
Coffee Break
Presentation of Abstracts
| Doctors Session Chairs: . . | Nurses Session Chairs: . . | Parents and Civil Society Session Chairs: . |
Lunch Break + SIOP Annual Business Meeting
Presentation of Abstracts
| Doctors Session Chairs: . . | Nurses Session Chairs: . . | Parents and Civil Society Session Chairs: . |
Coffee Break
Plenary Session
Meet the expert - Childhood cancer in special circumstances (Refugees, Internally displaced Persons and other Humanitarian Crises)
- WHO position on Childhood Cancer Access in Special Circumstances
- Burden of Special Circumstances in Africa
- Challenges of accessing Care in Special Circumstances – Palliative Care in Refugee Settlements in Uganda
- Childhood Cancer Care in Special Circumstances - Experiences from other Continents
- Ethical considerations in Childhood Cancer Access in Special Circumstances
Conference Closing Ceremony
- Awards to Best Oral and Poster Presenters
- SIOP Africa Congress 2022: The Key Outcomes and Closing Ceremony
