THE 9TH STOP CERVICAL, BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER

CONFERENCE.
THEME: INVESTING TO SAVE LIVES: THE ROLE OF PUBLIC &
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS
19TH -21STJULY, 2015
NAIROBI; KENYA

Conference Communiqu
We, the delegates of the 9th stop cervical, breast and prostate cancer
conference, do note and acknowledge with great concern the high burden
of cervical, breast and prostate cancer in Africa and its devastating effect
on our communities, nations and entire region.
We further note that the incidence of cervical, breast and prostate cancer is
rapidly rising with parts of Africa recording the highest rates of cervical
cancer of up to 40 cases per 100,00 women. This coupled with an
unacceptably high mortality rate of up to 57 per 100,000 lives per year
results in more women deaths from reproductive health cancers than from
all complications related to pregnancy and childbirth.
Although cervical, breast and prostate cancer are largely preventable and
curable when detected early, we note the inadequate investments in our
infrastructure for prevention, early detection, treatment and palliation
across the African region resulting in the high incidence, morbidity and a
dismal five-year survival rates for patients with these cancers in Africa.
Under the theme of investing to save lives; the role of public & private
sector partnerships, we the delegates of the 9th stop cervical, breast and
prostate cancer conference deliberated and agreed upon the following:

To strengthen partnerships and collaborations across the regions

towards generating innovative and sustainable home bred solutions
to halt and reverse the trends and burden of cervical, breast and
prostate cancer in Africa;

To nurture public private partnerships to ensure accelerated access to

quality health services focused on early detection, vaccination and
continuity of treatment and palliation for cervical cancer;

To engage in targeted advocacy and partnerships towards improving

access of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) and incorporation of
the same into national vaccination programs;

To prioritize Non Communicable Diseases prevention and control in

the heath agenda at national, regional and global levels using multisectoral engagement in a whole of government approach.

To consolidate efforts toward improved cancer registration to ensure

quality, timely and relevant population based cancer data for
planning, monitoring, policy formulation and surveillance.

To increase investments in health in order to build resilient health

systems that embrace integration of services, task shifting and task
sharing as well as community participation and involvement.

To invest in capacity building for a competent cancer workforce by

taking advantage of experience sharing, knowledge exchange,
innovative virtual platforms, regional mentorship programs and
public/private sector partnerships.

To work closely with religious, traditional and community leaders, as

well as civil society organizations and the media to promote
awareness, health promoting lifestyle choices, screening, early
detection, treatment and palliation to improve the prognosis of
cervical, breast and prostate cancers.

To support the Forum of African First Ladies Against Breast, Cervical

and Prostate Cancers in advocating for African governments to
initiate, fund and implement national cervical cancer prevention
programs.

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