Country Meeting:

Prevention and control of HPV and HPV related cancers in Colombia: Lessons learnt and the way forward

Bogotá, Colombia – November 2018

 

Meeting Objectives
  • Give an overview of the health care systems in Colombia.
  • Provide a summary of the epidemiology, burden of disease and surveillance related to HPV and HPV related cancers in Colombia.
  • Discuss successes, topical issues and challenges related to HPV vaccination and screening particular to Colombia.
  • Review country examples from Latin America to learn from their successes and challenges.
  • Gain insight in the various stakeholder perspectives.
  • Propose recommendations for the way forward.

Background Document 

DAY 1 – Thursday, November 15th 2018

SESSION 1: OPENING AND OBJECTIVES
Chairs: Lina Trujillo & Carlos Castro

 

  • Short presentation of the participants.

SESSION 2: THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OF COLOMBIA
Chairs: Hugo Cardenas & Alex Vorsters

 

SESSION 3: EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HPV AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN COLOMBIA
Chairs: Nubia Muñoz & Xavier Bosch  

     

     

     

     

     

    SESSION 4: PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF HPV IN COLOMBIA
    Chairs: Carlos Castro & Mark Kane

     

     

     

    • Short presentation of 3 regions:

    – Nariño
    Diana Paola Rosero
    (Video EN) (Video ES)

     

    – Carmen de Bolivar
    Javier Luna
    (Video EN) (Video ES)

     

    – Manizales
    Gloria Sanchez
    (Video EN) (Video ES)

     

     

    SESSION 5A: SUCCESS AND CHALLENGES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES/REGIONS
    Chairs: Lina Trujillo & Mira Kojouharova  

           

          • HPV vaccination in Peru. 
            Marcela Lazo 

           

           

           

          • Breakout Sessions
          • SWOT analysis of the situation in Colombia (all participants) 
            (Video EN) (Video ES)
          • Plenary feedback from the different groups

           

          DAY 2 – Friday, November 16th 2018

          SESSION 5B: SUCCESS AND CHALLENGES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES/REGIONS
          Chairs: Ivan Dario Gonzalez & Paolo Bonanni

           

           

           

          SESSION 6: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES IN COLOMBIA AND LESSONS LEARNT
          Chairs: Raul Murillo & Paolo Bonanni

           

           

           

           

           

          SESSION 7: PLENARY DISCUSSIONS
          Chairs: Natascha Ortiz & Alex Vorsters

          • How can we involve all (and which) Colombia stakeholders.
            Chairs: Herman Esguerra & Natascha Ortiz 
            (Video EN) (Video ES)

           

          • How can we better involve media.
            Chairs: Pablo Correa & Lisbeth Fog 
            (Video EN) (Video ES)

           

          • Optimal implementation of the E-learning course.
            Chairs: Xavier Bosch & Lina Trujillo

          SESSION 8: CONCLUSIONS OF THE MEETING.
          Chairs: Lina Trujillo & Eduardo Franco