CANCER SUMMIT 2015




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Cancer Education and Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria (CEAFON), is pleased to invite you to the Cancer Summit 2015 taking place from October 28th-29th, 2015 at the prestigious Transcorp Hilton Hotels, Abuja.

This year’s conference is endorsed by the Federal Ministry of Health and powered by Roche.
The event is aimed at addressing the major challenges of diagnosis and treatment for Breast cancer in Nigeria by bringing together key stakeholders involved in cancer care for a 2 Day workshop and consensus meeting towards improving quality of care.

The theme of the Summit is ‘STOP BREAST CANCER FROM TAKING HER LIFE’.
Discussions will cover strategies for Breast Cancer prevention, Government Policy development, Diagnosis, Treatment, Protocols and possible National guidelines, Patient assistance programs, Health Insurance for Breast Cancer and other access initiatives. The education of Health Care Practitioner and other stakeholders in this endeavour would be discussed.

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Prof. F.A. Durosinmi-Etti, President CEAFON, said “Our focus will be on creating awareness of the disease, rallying stakeholders to collaborate in the fight against breast cancer, gaining firm commitment from all stakeholders to step up their support in the fight against breast cancer and to continuously engage the general public and all participating stakeholders on the subject and their commitment.

“We anticipate over 500 diverse stakeholders ranging from clinicians to policy makers to NGOs to Payers, Media and the general public who share interest in all aspects of Breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and funding. There will be numerous opportunities to gain new knowledge, share technical and clinical experiences, network with other participants, and make firm commitment towards saving the lives of our daughters, sisters, wives and mothers.”https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Symptoms_of_cancer_metastasis.svg/220px-Symptoms_of_cancer_metastasis.svg.png

In addition to attending the conference, we invite you to experience the city of Abuja, a planned city and one of the few purpose-built capital cities in Africa.

It is envisaged that a National policy guideline on treating Breast Cancer in Nigeria may evolve from this summit.

The Special Guest of Honour is Her Excellency Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari and supported by Mr Linus Awute the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Health.

To register for the summit, visit http://ceafon.com/register-summit/

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