European Cancer Organization (ECO) HPV Awareness Day 2024 Webinar

HPV (human papillomavirus) is a sexually transmitted infection that causes about 5% of all cancers worldwide. The most common of these cancers is cervical, but the virus also causes in cancers of the vagina, vulva, anus, penis, head and neck. Currently, HPV is responsible for approximately 67,500 new cancer cases each year in the 27 EU Member States. All the HPV cancers can be eliminated by vaccination. It is safe, easy to deliver and has an immediate positive health impact.

On the occasion of HPV Awareness Day 2024, the European Cancer Organisation's HPV Action Network, together with a variety of partners and stakeholders, is holding a hybrid meeting to discuss the major outcomes and lessons learned so far from initiatives developed in countries across Europe, such as Romania, Croatia and Bulgaria, as well as beyond. Furthermore, new online resources for promoting awareness will be presented (alongside the International Papillomavirus Society) and we will unveil a new important building block in the PROTECT-EUROPE project.

Programme

15:00 - 15:05

Welcome and Introductions
Daniel Kelly and Margaret Stanley, HPV Action Network Co-Chairs

15:05 - 15:10

Launch of PROTECT-EUROPE Online Hub
Silvia Romeo, Policy Officer, European Cancer Organisation

15:10 - 15:15

Updates on HPV Action Now project
Mike Morrissey, Chief Executive, European Cancer Organisation

15:15 - 15:25

Integrating Vaccination, Screening, and Developing a Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Prevention Plan
Carmen Ungurean, Head of the National Centre for Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance at National Institute of Public Health, Romania

15:25 - 15:30

IPVS International HPV Awareness Campaign 2024
Chris Amsinger, IPVS Campaign Officer

15:30 - 15:40

From Policy to Practice: 15 Years of HPV Vaccination in Croatia
Prim. Marija Posavec, MD, Head of School and University Medicine Association, Croatia

15:40-15:45

EPF-ECO HPV Prevention Atlas
Neil Datta, Executive Director at European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights

15:45-15:55

How Bulgaria will Advance Prevention of HPV
Associated Cancers and Improve Vaccine Coverage Rate
Assoc. Prof. Michail Okoliyski, Deputy Minister of Health, Bulgaria

15:55-16:00

Conclusions
Daniel Kelly and Margaret Stanley, HPV Action Network Co-Chairs