Dear
All,
This
is to thank everyone who participated in the Sensitization Meeting for
Implementing Partners (IPs), on the Nigeria National Cervical Cancer Screening
Scale up Project (NNCCSuP), held in Abuja, at Yar’adua Centre, from 5-6 October
2015.
It
is hoped that your commitment as a key stakeholder of the NNCCSup will be
enduring, in order to actualize and sustain the objectives of the Project.
Below
is the communiqué from the meeting. Kindly share it widely within your network and
associates so as to ensure the promotion of the concept of the NNCCSuP, that
Nigerian women may find respite from the ravages of cervical
cancer.
Once
more, thank you for your participation and support.
Sincerely,
Dr. Uzodinma
Adirieje, FACB, MNIM, ACIPM
Conference Organizing
ConsultantNNCCSuP Implementing Partners (IPs) and Strategic Planning Meetings 2015
Nigeria National Cervical Cancer Screening Scale up Project (NNCCSuP)
Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja
Mobile: +234 81 88 55 44 14
Email: druzoadirieje2015@gmail.com
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COMMUNIQUE ON SENSITIZATION
MEETING FOR IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS FOR NIGERIA NATIONAL CERVICAL CANCER
SCREENING SCALE UP PROJECT
The
sensitization meeting for Implementing Partners for the Nigeria national
Cervical cancer screening scale up project was held from 5th – 6th
of October 2015 at the Shehu YarAdua Center Abuja with the main goal of
deliberating on making cervical cancer screening accessible to the Nigerian
woman from age 30 and above for at least once in their life time.
The
meeting was attended by over 80 Organizations including Civil Society
Organizations, Government and Non-governmental organizations, Development
Partners, Private Sector and the Media.
Technical
Groups were created and include:
1. Primary prevention
2. Secondary prevention
3. Tertiary prevention
4. Advocacy
5. Resource mobilization
6. Information Education and Communication (IEC)Materials
Development
Each
Group deliberated and highlighted on the following important issues viz:
1. Primary prevention Group – deliberated on Human
Papilloma virus vaccination focusing on the following as its terms of
reference:
·
Vaccination - the
need to design modalities for vaccine coverage, cold chain, and service
delivery mechanisms.
·
Design of vaccine
delivery strategy to target age groups
2. Secondary prevention Group- came up with the following as its TORs-
·
Provision of
screening instruments and kits for detection of the high risk HPV infected
women.
·
Establish cross
referral linkages for improved case-tracking and follow up by linking each PHC
to a General Hospital that is further linked to a Tertiary Hospitals
(Teaching/Federal Medical Centers/Specialist Hospitals) for high level
referrals and supervision.
3. Tertiary prevention Group – developed the following
TORs -
·
Treatment service delivery in form of Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy,
Cryotherapy and Palliative care
·
Training and
retraining of screeners and Practitioners
4. Advocacy Group- came up with TORs as follows:
Develop strategies to achieve:
·
Mass
mobilization, awareness creation, public education and resource mobilization
·
Education on
cervical cancer, what screening is and the benefits of screening
5. Resource mobilization Group – TORs were:
·
Identify sources
of funding and make necessary contacts
·
Identify fund
sourcing avenues and implement as appropriate
6. Information Education and Communication (IEC)
Materials Development Group – TORs:
·
Develop
appropriate IEC materials for use that will assist in project implementation
Following
deliberations , the following recommendations were arrived at for the attention
of government and partners towards effective scale-up of cervical cancer
screening in Nigeria namely:
·
Stepping up
awareness from Federal, State, Local Government and Community levels
·
Government and Partners
need to use multiple avenues to deliver HPV vaccines to girls between 9-13
years of age, both in and out of school, through e.g. school health programs
and Maternal New born and Child Health week etc.
·
Appropriate
algorithms should be developed for cervical cancer screening considering
affordability, mobility, training of Health Care Workers and standardization of
screening processes in Nigeria. In addition establish a Coordinating reference
center
·
Treatment of
advance cancer is cost prohibitive; hence the NHIS should strengthen the
existing frame work to improve the financial support required through the
scheme for cervical cancer prevention and treatment services.
·
Government and
partners should engage donors and funding Groups such as multi-bilateral
organizations, organized private sector, individual organizations and other
foundations to mobilize resources for cervical cancer prevention and control. Government
should set up a trust fund to manage the resources
·
Further to this,
there should be allocation of some funds from the current allocation for
National Health Act that has been approved; this will facilitate the purchase
of essential materials needed by the Primary Health Care Centers for the Cervical
Cancer Screening Program
·
To dispel the
myths and superstition about cervical cancer and improve awareness on the need
for screening the development and
disseminating of information using
various IEC materials is imperative , and this should be supported by
government and private sector.
The
meeting resolved to call on government and partners to take note and adopt
these recommendations to ensure the achievement of access to cervical cancer
screening for the Nigerian woman from age 30 and above at least once in her
life time.
[sgnd.]
Conference Communiqué Committee
1. Dr Ramatu Hassan 2.
Olusoji M. Billyrose
3. Adedamola Aderoju MNIM 4.
Dr Taiwo Oyelade
5. Dr John Tor-Agbidye
